Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Schedule
Flexible
Weekend Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
employee discount
Training and Development
flexible schedule
Job Description
Central Market is a specialty grocery store that originated in Austin, Texas, in 1994. Since its inception, Central Market has grown to multiple locations across the state, establishing itself as a premier destination for food lovers seeking fresh, high-quality products. Known widely as a foodie’s wonderland, Central Market emphasizes sourcing products directly from the world’s finest providers to ensure exceptional quality. The store offers a sumptuous selection of everything edible, including hundreds of cheese varieties, thousands of wines, and extensive produce sections. The aisles are staffed by experts who not only offer remarkable food products but also share their knowledge... Show More
Job Requirements
- Minimum one year background in beer and wine management
- Proven leadership experience with multiple direct reports
- Knowledge of wines, beers, and humidor storage
- Ability to delegate and plan
- Understanding of retail accounting
- Excellent customer service
- Communication and organizational skills
- Culinary and food processing skills
- Experience in ordering, inventory maintenance, and shrink control
- Ability to work flexible schedule including weekends
- Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, squat, and have hand/finger dexterity
- Must function in fast-paced retail environment
Job Qualifications
- Proven leadership experience in a complex environment with multiple direct reports
- Minimum one year background in beer and wine management
- Knowledge of wines including winemaking science, product rating, growing regions, varietals, flavor profiles, food pairings, and storage
- Knowledge of beers including brewing science, types, trends, flavor profiles, seasonality, and storage
- Knowledge of humidor storage and display
- Ability to delegate, organize, and plan effectively
- Thorough understanding of retail accounting
- Excellent customer service skills
- Experience in new product development
- Proficiency in HEB systems (XPTR, IMS, CICS2) preferred
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Culinary and food processing skills
- Experience in ordering, inventory maintenance, and shrink control
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment malfunctions
- Ability to supervise, train, and cross-train staff
- Maintain sanitation standards
- Flexible scheduling including opening, closing, and weekend shifts
Job Duties
- Use independent judgment in employment and business decisions including hiring, promoting, disciplining, suspending, discharging, rewarding, and resolving partner matters
- Oversee the Beer & Wine Department ensuring a safe work environment, training, customer service, ordering, display rotation, shrink control, product quality, sanitation, inventory control, scheduling, receiving, pricing, stocking, and financial results
- Maintain production quality, monitor labeling and ingredient changes, source appropriate packaging
- Request new item set-up and recipe development through Procurement
- Coordinate holiday special orders and food demonstrations
- Communicate and model the Central Market vision
- Manage partner morale and retention
- Provide excellent customer service and ensure Central Market standards are upheld
- Ensure availability of seasonal items
- Prepare work schedules and order products to maintain inventory
- Monitor department budget and payroll including product and labor expenses
- Build relationships with customers and foster customer service through partners
- Educate customers through passive sampling, hand sampling, demos, classes, and suggest serving combinations
- Design and execute merchandising programs
- Maintain safety and sanitation of equipment and department
- Promote division and store events through planning and merchandising
- Achieve sales goals and prepare financial projections and forecasts
- Control inventory, manage and reduce food costs, ensure invoice accuracy, reduce food shrink, and manage supply usage
- Perform duties of Beer & Wine personnel as needed
- Provide direction, training, and feedback to department personnel
- Ensure compliance with government and company regulations on product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation
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Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
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