SUPERVALU is a premier food and drug retail powerhouse with world-class supply chain and support services.

Cub Foods is just one of our retail banners and is located in the Minneapolis-St.

Paul, MN market.

  SUPERVALU is the nations third largest grocery provider, with a diversified portfolio of regional retail banners, locally managed and branded, spanning the nation, coast-to-coast and border-to-border.

As the largest food distributor to retail stores in the United States, we also provide a robust suite of supply chain services to serve both our own retail banners and thousands of independent retailers.

Combined, SUPERVALUs two lines of business provide a wealth of diverse opportunities to grow and to contribute to a thriving enterprise Our Philosophy: Ongoing pursuit of excellence is a way of life at SUPERVALU and a key to our success.

To achieve excellence, we seek associates who will contribute innovative business solutions.

We embrace change and welcome others who do. Our employees are as diverse as our opportunities - representing all ages, backgrounds and parts of the country.

What they have in common is: talent, passion, sense of urgency, focus, standards, integrity - and an unsurpassed customer orientation.

They form the foundation of our SUPERVALU Advantage - the key to our continuing success.

POSITION SUMMARYThrough rigorous data analysis, the Director of Sales Support identifies operational opportunities requiring immediate resolution.

Manages and deploys Cub Foods' Operations Sales Specialists (OSS) to targeted store locations identified as having operational issues related to sales growth, expense control, customer satisfaction, merchandising, execution, compliance, and/or remodel activity.

  Provides Cub Foods oversight for Retail Operations staff supporting Front End Operations, Retail Integrity and Shrink Management.

  Drives utilization of new tools/processes as released.

    Job Responsibilities  Overall Collaborates with Cub Foods' Sr. Vice President of Operations to identify stores or key problem departments that have sales and profit opportunity,  and directs Operation Sales Specialists as needed to provide on-site support and build plans for improvement.

Accountable for improving results based on identified opportunities.

 ·         Collaborates with all Cub Foods' support functions and corporate SUPERVALU partners to plan, organize and prioritize the events and initiatives that require execution from store operations.

·         Works with Operations leadership to provide overall vision and direction related to new and remodel store planning.

·         Collaborates with SUPERVALU Corporate Operations team to establish banner vision and execute on corporate initiatives.

·         Monitors and supports store execution related to compliance with administrative and operational policies (safety and health) and government agencies.

 Financial Manages performance for the achievement of planned and expected results through established quarterly benchmarks in the areas of: (1) OSAT (overall customer satisfaction), (2) sales, (3) shrink, (4) EBIT, (5) DSI, (6) gross margin, (7) labor expense and (8) store team development.

·         Collaborates with Banner operations leadership team to establish operations budgets and projections.

 Merchandising Collaborates and provides feedback to Merchandising on display plans and store level execution as well as suggestions to maintain local relevance.

 People Development Creates an empowered team of Operations Sales Specialists who focus on coaching, teaching and training store teams to achieve high operational performance.

·         Continuously provides developmental feedback and support to Operations Sales Specialist teams.

Manages performance of the OSS by project using prescribed method.

·         Directs Operations Sales Specialist to work with District Managers and Store Directors to provide feedback and manage department team performance for the achievement of expected results.

  ScopeNumber of Associates Supervised:      Directly: 8-10    Indirectly: 30 - 40
 Indirect reports - labor manager, customer satisfaction manager, operations communication lead, retail integrity, shrink lead, safety lead, food safety lead, loss prevention lead, operations sales specialist lead(s).Job Requirements 
 Bachelor's degree in business or related field and/or extensive and previous experience in merchandising or retail grocery operations required.


 Store operations experience required.


 District Manager experience preferred.


 Possess ability to analyze and interpret data from reports and respond with the appropriate course of actions.


 Familiarity with geographic market strongly preferred,(i.

e., competition, operational challenges, market complexities).


 Must possess good organizational and supervisory skills and be capable of managing large numbers of employees effectively.


 Possess the ability to motivate and work with and through others to achieve desired results.


 Possess good verbal, written and public speaking communications skills.


 Demonstrated strategic thinking skills.

 Additional Competencies:
 Negotiation skills
 Organization
 Systems thinking
 Organization agility
 Ensure execution
 Interpersonal skills
 Collaborative

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