- Set product assortment for your category based on brand standards and item performance. - Develop pricing strategy to achieve department financial goals. - Define the promotional strategy based on the role of your category. - Determine merchandising minimums, by SKU, for your category. - Optimize sales to space through the category review process. - Define monthly shrink targets by category. - Evaluate new item performance. - Maintain schematic integrity with consistent review and updates. - Review fixture plans for new store openings. - Define and collaborate with cross-functional partners on marketing strategy to support category programs. - Monitor trends in new products, consumer behavior, market share, and competition, to inform decisions and initiate and enable innovation. - Finds and evaluates new vendors and approves new items/vendors for buys. - Ensure quality standards are upheld.

With the Deli-CMS Manager, you are an ambassador of the department and setting an example for excellence as you assist in the management of all relevant functions and activities.   - Greeting guests and proactively assisting them in a friendly manner with accurate and timely information    - Making recommendations and accommodating requests  - Managing order guides/ordering deadlines/reducing shrink/damage  - Properly receiving/stocking of goods that follow rotation standards when replenishing product levels  - Direct teams to handle, slice and prepare a variety of the department’s meat, cheeses, and Convenient Meal Solutions (CMS) throughout the day  - Engage, motivate, coach, and train team members “on-the-job” as well as through The Fresh Market’s internal training platform to provide excellent guest service in a safe and secure manner 

- Consistently provide excellent guest service, which includes:   - Engaging with our guests to learn their wants and needs so that you can help them create their meal solution    - Maintaining knowledge of products and weekly ad items throughout the store and working across departments to assist guests    - Create a hospitable shopping experience by merchandising and stocking our products and specialty items throughout the day, while also making sure nearby guests are assisted   - Gather shopping carts from the parking lot and assist in general housekeeping duties throughout the store   - Present self in a professional manner, including adhering to uniform standards    

- Direct and manage a team of Property Managers, Lease Administrators and Real Estate Analysts to achieve departmental objectives. Train, coach, motivate and support the team in the completion of their duties. - Property Management duties, including the oversight of the maintenance of the self-maintained properties and day-to-day care. This is to ensure that properties are well-maintained and meet relevant local codes (such as for safety). - Because The Fresh Market has leases across the country, the Director will travel among the various properties to assess overall condition and any specific issues. - Lease administration, including the tracking of key dates for lease renewals and the identification of locations where outstanding issues require follow-up. - Review and approve all landlord lease documents that have been entered into the lease administration system - Review and approve period/year-end financial reporting of prepaid and accrued rent, CAM and taxes, including entries relating to deferred rent and amortization of tenant allowances. - Review the Lease Reconciliation Specialists audits of annual landlord reconciliations of budget to actual CAM and property tax charges for processing. - Ensure all rent, CAM and property tax payments to landlords are made in accordance with lease terms. - Review and approve one-off landlord invoices (primarily utility charges, miscellaneous repairs & maintenance). - Review and approve gross sales reporting and percentage rent payments to landlords. - Review and approve all aspects of the monthly landlord rent roll. - Provide timely reports to Real Estate and Legal departments for upcoming lease extension/renewal deadlines. - Landlord issue dispute resolution such as additional rent (CAM & property tax) charges. - Review draft lease agreement sections pertaining to rent, additional rent and sales/percentage rent reporting and identify issues/propose amendments. - Provide rental information to facilitate preparation of annual budgets to FP&A. - Collaborate with Legal and Real Estate Departments to process, review and approve all invoices to landlords for tenant allowances including monitoring collections. - Oversight of subtenant management, including, but not limited to, collection of rents, CAM, insurance & property tax; negotiate renewal rates.  

With the Meat and Seafood Manager, you are an ambassador of the department and setting an example for excellence as you assist in the management of all relevant functions and activities.  - Coordinating the ordering of meat items with the Meat and Seafood Manager  - Handle, slice, expertly cut and trim a variety of the department’s prime and premium meat and seafood products, and items for our convenient meal solutions throughout the day, while also managing quality product levels as indicated within TFM standards  - Greeting guests and proactively assisting them in a friendly manner with accurate and timely information     - Making recommendations and accommodating requests   - Managing order guides/ordering deadlines/reducing shrink/damage   - Properly receiving/stocking of goods that follow rotation standards when replenishing product levels   - Engage, motivate, coach, and train team members “on-the-job” as well as through The Fresh Market’s internal training platform to provide excellent guest service in a safe and secure manner  

- Greet guests and proactively assist them in a friendly manner with accurate and timelyservice  - Making recommendations and accommodating requests  - Managing order guides/ordering deadlines/reducing shrink/damage  - Properly receiving/stocking of goods that follow rotation standards when replenishing product levels.  - Handle, slice and prepare a variety of the department’s specialty breads, pastry items and Convenient Meal Solutions throughout the day   - Direct teams to handle, properly receiving/stocking, and merchandising of goods that follow TFMstandards  - Engage, motivate, coach, and train team members “on-the-job” as well as through The Fresh Market’s internal training platform to provide excellent guest service in a safe and secure manner 

- Travel extensively to new store and renovation locations. - Exaction of Standard practices for our new and existing managers and team members which includes: - Order writing - Rotation - Replenishment - In Store Production - Workplace Safety - Food Safety - Daily, weekly, and monthly routines - Responsible for the implementation of merchandising plans and store specific mapping communicated from TFM Corporate office. - Act as a subject matter expert in your specific area of responsibility to drive sales through effective merchandising strategy including applicable standards, product positioning, product packaging, visual communications and graphics, fixtures, macro/micro space allocation. - Conducting Training / Developing Training Processes as required for: - Store Managers - Assistant Store Managers - Manager on Duty (MOD’s) - Department Managers - New Team Members - Provide coaching for all managers and team members to optimize operations, further team development, and increase retention. - Assist with creative problem solving - Establishes and maintains quality results by following and enforcing company standards. - Ensure that the store layout and planograms are executed and maintained. - Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ranging from remodels, new stores, and various assigned projects given by the Director of New Stores and Renovations.