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Mississippi Market Co-op · 1 day ago

Front End Lead

Mississippi Market Co-op is an inclusive, local, values-driven business that provides healthy, delicious, and sustainable foods to their community. The Front End Lead supports the Front End Manager in ensuring a great customer experience and supervises staff while maintaining an organized and inviting department.

Food and BeverageRetailSalesSustainability

Responsibilities

Support the Front End Manager in ensuring a great customer experience
The team is working effectively together
Efficient and accurate sales transactions
The department is organized and clean
Help customers
Support and supervise staff
Reconcile transactions
Ensure the area is safe, friendly, and inviting
Customer service and sales transactions
Staff support and supervision (directing, coaching, and training)
Keeping things safe and healthy
Ordering and organizing supplies
Helping to create a welcoming environment
Support store operations in other departments as needed and appropriate

Qualification

Customer ServiceCash HandlingLeadership SkillsTechnical SkillsCommunicationTime ManagementProblem SolvingDependabilityRetail ExperienceSupervisionMultilingualTeamwork

Required

Proven ability to engage with customers and staff in a friendly and welcoming manner, actively listen, understand needs, address questions, and provide solutions; skilled at and committed to resolving customer concerns
Direct experience in cash handling; knowledge of proper cash handling procedures, including counting, and verifying transaction amounts; ability to reconcile transactions
Demonstrates a professional, collaborative, adaptable, and flexible approach to work, especially during challenging situations, with a strong commitment to supporting the team; willing to learn new tasks and open to feedback
Proven ability to effectively communicate with customers and staff; ability to provide information in a respectful and concise way fostering a positive and professional experience; ability to proactively communicate issues and concerns to leadership
A demonstrated interest and ability to provide day to day direction, feedback, and coaching to staff; the desire to grow as people leaders; the ability to actively contribute to and support an inclusive work environment
Ability to organize, prioritize, delegate, and manage time efficiently to effectively complete tasks and responsibilities
Ability to assess and address situations and departmental needs in advance; sound problem-solving skills for resolving staffing issues, customer complaints, and day-to-day challenges; skilled at handling challenging situations calmly and effectively
Proven ability to show up each day in a timely manner, ready to work and support team members; consistently follow through with meeting deadlines for accurately completing tasks and responsibilities
Demonstrated ability to operate a point-of-sale (POS) system; basic computer skills including ability to draft and upload documents, email, and navigate Excel spreadsheets; basic math skills; ability to quickly and accurately perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Preferred

Experience in fast paced retail setting
Supervisory experience including staff direction, coaching, feedback, and training
Multilingual

Benefits

20% employee discount
Competitive paid time off and paid volunteering
401(k) matching
Low-cost health insurance premium options, *and* FREE access to primary care and mental health counseling for those enrolled in our medical insurance
EAP
On Demand Pay
Free food "buddies"
Employee referral bonuses
Dress code that allows for inclusivity and creativity

Company

Mississippi Market Co-op

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Work for the friendliest store in town and help support a sustainable, local food system. Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op is St.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Catherine Downey
Chief Executive Officer
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