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Job overview
Circle K is hiring a Food Captain. The Food Captain serves as the food category expert in the store, ensuring operational execution, training associates, managing inventory, and driving sales while reducing waste and maintaining food safety standards.
Key focus areas include Serve as food category expert in store, Ensure all food operational execution is followed to maximize sales and reduce waste, and Train, teach and coach store associates on food execution, production, replenishment, ordering, organization, sanitization and customer service.
Important skills include Collaboration, Cooperation, Communication, Organization, and Customer Service. Preferred (not required): Food Category Expertise, FIFO Food Rotation, Planogram Implementation, and Food Safety Practices.
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Store 4705739: 1526 Vernon Odom Blvd, Akron, Ohio 44320
Shift Availability Evenings (Weekdays + Weekend Availability Required)
Time Type
Full time
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Food Category expert in store
- Ensures all food operational execution in store are followed to maximize sales and reduce waste.
- Train, teach and coach store associates on Food execution, production, replenishment, ordering, organization, sanitization and customer service
- Be the go-to person in store for employees with questions connected to food products and services
- Plan and execute food sampling for employees and customers
- Conduct and lead in store training, for store employees and operation teams on all new Foodservice programs, modeling an established train the trainer program
- Follow up with and conduct refresher training activities for store employees as needed
- Ensure foodservice areas are stocked and food rotated using FIFO method of food rotation
- Food items are displayed using current Planogram provided by your Business Unit
- Order or assist in ordering the food products to lower Out Of Stocks and improve Shrink
- Monitor shrink while improving sales, to maximize foodservice profit
- Identify, suggest, train, and continuously collaborate with BUQAS training personnel, ensuring that the manager and store employee Foodservice training programs are delivered
- Food safety practices and procedures
- Conduct needs analysis and provide recommended actions based on BUQAS visits
- Operate within budgeted expectations
EDUCATION
- High school diploma or equivalate
- Education/instructional, or equivalent retail training experience
- Leading or supervisory experience desired
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 2 years experience working in Fast Moving Consumer Goods retail and/or Foodservice industry
- Experience in training, leadership, team building
- Skills in collaboration, cooperation, communication and organization
- Food Manager Certification, Approved certifications include ServSafe and NRFSP
- Strong communication skills in English, both verbally and written. French skills in Quebec Provinces
- Customer service-oriented / excellent customer service skills
- Consistently delivering within deadlines
- Communicates effectively (written and oral) with customers, management, associates, and vendors
Hiring Range: $12.00 to $15.00
Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
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