Grocery Store Manager (Front End)

Gather Natural Market

Atascadero, CA 93422, USA

Published: 6/14/2022

Retail

Full Time

Job Description

Gather Natural Market in Atascadero is seeking a cheerful person with a passion for serving others, who excels in multi-tasking, is proficient with POS systems and has thorough knowledge of natural and organic products to join our Front End Team.

We are a family owned business providing our Atascadero community with vibrant organic groceries and the personal service of a neighborhood market. In this age of endless choices and demands for our time, Gather inspires to make wholesome grocery shopping simple, fun, and convenient by selecting items that support our customers health, the health of farmers and producers, as well as the planet upon which we all live. If you align with this purpose and would like to contribute with us, we would love to meet you!

Qualifications:

At least 1 year of previous experience as a manager and comfortably be able to reprioritize store needs with changing circumstances.
Must have cashier experience in a fast-paced setting.
Must have Health food experience/knowledge.
Be dependable, flexible and enjoy working with others.
Have attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
Cheerfully serve customers with an ability to balance needs and time.

Job responsibilities include:

Excellent customer service, back up register,
Stocking shelves, managing break times, as well as opening and/or closing the store.
This position requires standing, walking, bending and lifting (up to 30 lbs).
Full Time schedule- 5 days a week, 35-40 hours a week.

Gather provides competitive pay with generous increases based on contribution and a 20% food discount. For Full Time positions we offer paid vacation, and sick time after 3 months of employment..

Company DescriptionWe have deep roots in health and healing, with (owner) Rilyn’s grandmother owning and operating a Health Food store in San Luis Obispo in the 70’s, and Rilyn growing up believing in the power of food to heal. When Rilyn and Brett were in their early thirties, they decided to change career paths and sought work that could truly support the planet...organic food was an obvious path. Although growing organic food was their original goal that led them to move from the Central Coast to Kauai with Emmet (then 5 years old) and Dakota (then 1 year old) that path took a turn in which they found themselves opening a retail store to sell organic food! Although neither of them had much experience in retail, their love for connecting with people and their ability to assess the market, plan and work hard, coupled with their passion to live a meaningful life, launched them to open their first Natural Market, Hoku Foods, which continues to serve their Kauai Ohana to this day (now under the ownership of Margaret and Erik Pendleton).

Upon returning home to SLO County, their 25-year-old desire for a Natural Market in North County with a bountiful selection of organic produce, a big aisle of bulk bins, and all the basic organic foods they love was rekindled. The search for a location began...and a few years later, after many visions and revisions, collaborations and negotiations, a lease for Gather was signed and the real work began. It took a year to turn an empty shell of a warehouse into the clean, simple space which they opened in February of 2020. A month later the pandemic stay-at-home order began, and they found themselves riding the intense waves of shut downs, store restrictions and food and staffing shortages. They opened Gather to find to find they couldn't gather. It was a rough ride, but they are still here and thriving. Through it all, they continue to be grateful to be growing in service to our awesome Gather Community!

Company Description

We have deep roots in health and healing, with Rilyn’s Grandmother owning and operating a Health Food store in San Luis Obispo in the 70’s and Rilyn growing up believing in the power of food to heal. When we were in our early thirties, we decided to change career paths and sought work that could truly support the planet...organic food was an obvious path. Although growing organic food was our original goal that led us to move from the Central Coast to Kauai with Emmet (then 5 years old) and Dakota (then 1 year old) that path took a turn that in which we found ourselves opening a retail store to sell organic food! Although neither of us had much experience in retail, our love for connecting with people and our ability to think, plan and work hard, coupled with our passion to live a meaningful life, launched us to open our first Natural Market, Hoku Foods, which continues to serve our Kauai Ohana to this day (under the ownership of Margaret and Erik Pendleton).\r\n\r\nUpon returning home to SLO County, our 25-year-old desire for a Natural Market in North County with a bountiful selection of organic produce, a big aisle of bulk bins, and all the basic organic foods we love was rekindled. The search for a location began...and a few years later, after many visions and revisions, collaborations and negotiations, a lease for Gather was signed and the real work began. It took a year to turn an empty shell of a warehouse into our clean, simple space which we opened in February of 2020. A month later the pandemic stay at home order began, and we found ourselves riding the intense waves of shut downs, store restrictions and food and staffing shortages. We opened Gather to find to find we couldn't gather. It was a rough ride, but we are still here and thriving. Through it all, we continue to be grateful to be growing in service to our awesome Gather Community!