Fresh Foods Advisor (Full-Time Permanent)
Dublin/Leinster
We are currently recruiting for a Fresh Foods Advisor. This hands-on role is crucial to implementing and advising retailers on all categories within their fresh department and driving retailer performance within a defined area.
Some of the responsibilities of this role include the following:
· To play a key role with retailers and their fresh teams advising and demonstrating how to optimise sales, achieve margin, increase participation and enhance profitability across retail foodservice categories.
To identify any issues in underperforming fresh food areas and support the store to ensure they are resolved in accordance with company practices and guidelines.
To build strong relationships with retailers, store managers and their fresh food teams to achieve a successful retailing environment that exceeds expectations
To deliver ongoing hands-on practical fresh food training and develop stores to continually improve on their fresh food range standards.
To demonstrate and train on fresh food merchandising, stock management, portion control and waste management throughout the department.
To drive implementation of new fresh ranges and innovation in store.
To advise retailers on the role of food safety management and the tools required to achieve strong food safety standards and effectively implementing HACCP in store.
To work with stores to quickly resolve and rectify any concerns raised by Environmental Health Officers
To deliver training in respect of the BWG certified food safety management system to retailers and their staff
To assist in the creation and delivery of relevant training course material to BWG customers and staff
To work closely and collaboratively on an ongoing basis with team members, management and cross departmental teams as directed.
Any other duties designated by your manager
The ideal candidate should possess the following:
Previous retail experience is essential
Hands on retail foodservice counter/dept. experience
Attention to detail
Must be proactive and flexible, with hands on approach
Knowledge of food safety at retail level
Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to both motivate and influence
The ability to work on own initiative, and as part of a team
Good organisational abilities
Strong computer skills (MS 365)
Full drivers licence
Part of BWG Group, BWG Foods is a leading retail and wholesale business. It owns and operates the SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE, LONDIS and XL brands in the Republic of Ireland, working in partnership with independent retailers with over 1,000 stores serving local communities right across the country.
BWG Foods Wholesale Division owns and operates 21 cash and carry locations across Ireland trading under the Value Centre, 4 Aces and Better Deal brands. It also comprises BWG Foodservice, along with Corrib Foods and William’s Gate, which together service over 14,000 customers across the hotel, restaurant, pubs and catering sector, as well as a number of Gala stores.
As owners and operators of these leading retail and wholesale brands, retailers receive the benefit of years of retail expertise and support from BWG tailored to meet the ethos of each brand and their individual needs.
BWG Foods has relationships with more than 650 suppliers, dealing directly with approximately 14,000 customers in the retail, foodservice and licensed sectors. Over 1,850 people are directly employed by BWG Foods, with a further 23,000 people employed in local communities across the country through BWG’s partnership with independent retailers in SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE, LONDIS and XL. The stores serve in excess of one million shoppers every single day.
As a verified member of Origin Green, the world’s first national sustainability programme, BWG Foods, is committed to making a positive contribution to the environment, and also to the local communities in which BWG and its retailers operate.
