Director Produce & Floral Merchandising

If you're friendly and dependable and you like to work with terrific guests, we'd love to talk about an opportunity on our team!

Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing employee-owned grocery retailer located in the Midwest. Our grocery store formats include Coborn's, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's Marketplace Foods, and Sullivan's Foods and we offer unique online grocery home delivery services through our CobornsDelivers and Cash Wise Delivers locations.

Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy's Liquor and Captain Jack's brands. Additionally, our fuel and convenience division, pharmacy, in-house grocery warehouse and distribution center, in-house Central Bakery, in-house Fresh Foods Commissary, and Tops Cleaners are significant assets to our operations. We also have a handful of other retail entities in the markets where the fit is right: Little Dukes, Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Bros Coffee, and Erbert and Gerbert's.

Coborn's Inc. is searching for a strategic, results-driven Director of Produce and Floral to lead our produce and floral categories into its next phase of growth. You'll take charge of sourcing, pricing, merchandising, and quality control - all while cultivating relationships with growers, partners, and internal teams such as marketing and operations!

At Coborn's Inc., our goal is to be produce experts within the communities we serve, and to achieve this, we strive to ensure that high-quality, fresh produce and floral products are consistently available. With your strategic vision and experience, we will continue to strive for excellence and innovation!

If you have a passion for producing and providing fresh and healthy options to our guests, join our team!

Additional Duties Include:

• Develop and execute strategic plans for both produce and floral categories to maximize sales, margins, and guest satisfaction.
• Leverage product/consumer trends, guest insights, and performance data to optimize category offerings, introduce innovation, and effectively develop go-forward business strategies.
• Lead the development and implementation of seasonal and promotional merchandising programs for produce and floral.
• Oversee vendor selection, purchasing, and inventory management to ensure freshness, quality, and product availability. Maintain strong relationships and negotiate pricing, contracts, and supply chain logistics.
• Provide leadership and support to produce and floral managers, foster training and development across all locations, and ensure departmental compliance with food safety, product handling, and industry regulations.
• Draw insight from internal and external resources to generate new ideas and opportunities for merchandising, as well as other areas of the organization.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and cooperation across the organization to support merchandising decisions, directives, and initiatives, this includes collaborating with marketing and visual merchandising teams to enhance in-store displays and guest engagement.
• Build a culture of collaboration, cooperation, and personal growth for all members of the merchandising team. Engages employees, and builds team spirit and morale through recognition, development, accountability, coaching for talent development, and urgency. Lead efforts of continuously reviewing team effectiveness through a partnership with human resources on hiring activities, benefit and compensation offerings, promotions, performance success plans, and termination decisions.

We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Our remarkable employees strive to inspire happiness, healthy living and simplicity one guest at a time. With a vibrant and fun work environment, ongoing opportunities for career growth, and generous benefit packages, Coborn's offers a bright future for all employee owners.

We're proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees including:

• A 10% Employee Discount (for the employee and their immediate household) and if you work at a location with a coffee shop, you'll receive a discount there too!
• Get Paid Daily with DailyPay - for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
• Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
• Paid Floating Holidays & 1 - time for hours worked on a company-recognized Holiday!
• Sunday Premium Pay - An extra $1 per hour for hours worked on Sundays
• Paid Military Leave
• Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources - to assist our team members live a life of wellbeing!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year.
• Tools, resources and opportunities for Career Growth & Development
• 401(k) plan options - we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
• Participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) - yes, we're employee-owned. Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
• Additional Voluntary Benefits - such as Vision, Accident and Critical Illness Insurances

If you're hired or promoted into a full-time position with our company, you will also be eligible for: Medical & Dental Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance!

As a member of our team, you can also expect:

• Flexible scheduling - We understand that many of our employees are trying to juggle school, practice, family time, errands and personal hobbies, all with only about 16 hours of awake time in a day.
• Recognition - We celebrate a culture of recognition, encouraging employees to recognize and thank one another for remarkable behavior. We even have an app for that!
• Growth Opportunities - We're always looking for motivated, high-potential employees who want to be part of our next generation of leaders! There are opportunities to grow within our company to positions you may not yet even know exist. Coborn's, Inc. offers a variety of development programs for employees who want to grow their careers with us.

Our culture celebrates employee ideas and encourages creative innovations. We're growing, learning, and overflowing with energy. In a dynamic atmosphere that welcomes diversity, we are investing in our employees, along with the growth of our company. We invite you to join us in carrying out our vision to "Be Remarkable!" Apply today!

Starting pay is determined based on several factors, which can include the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, education, and geographic area.

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