About Grocery Outlet:
About the Team:
The Grocery Outlet Recruiting & Training team is tasked with hiring and developing Aspiring Operator Trainees (AOTs). Our AOT’s are the crucial pipeline of Independent Store Owners. We have a very rigorous selection and development approach, accomplished by robust sourcing and assessment, facilitating scalable learning and development, cultivating and communicating best practices and leveraging our unique culture. Our goal is to serve the AOT and Operator communities with integrity and accuracy while focusing on continual improvement, collaboration and FUN! The recruiting team is responsible for finding candidates who have a passion for grocery retail and an entrepreneurial spirit. The team fully educates AOT Candidates on the realities of Owning/Operating a Grocery Outlet store successfully, facilitates the relationship between AOTs and their Training Store Operators, provides an opportunity for families to build a business together, and foster the continuing development of an exceptional Operator network. Our training team develops blended training programs includes operator/mentor-lead in store immersion, classroom-based instructor lead facilitation with on-line supplemental learning. Training focuses on developing business acumen, along with leadership, merchandising, and marketing skills.
About the Role:
As the Manager, Field Recruiting, you will lead and coach a team of recruiters across the eastern region. This role is responsible for delivering approximately 50-75 Independent Operator (IO) placements per year through a combination of regional leadership, candidate development, and direct recruiting engagement.
This is a player-coach role: you’ll balance people leadership with hands-on recruiting to ensure each recruiter is meeting goals while maintaining your own active pipeline. The Manager, Field Recruiting partners closely with Field Operations, Training, and Real Estate to align talent forecasts with new-store openings and operator attrition. You’ll use data to drive performance, forecast needs, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience at every stage. This role reports to the Director, Field Recruiting.
Responsibilities Include:
Leadership & Team Development
Recruiting Execution (Player-Coach)
Operational Excellence & Data
Cross-Functional Collaboration
About The Pay:
About You:
Grocery Outlet Inc. (www.groceryoutlet.com) is the leading extreme value retailer in the United States, serving bargain seeking customers since 1946. Publicly held, Grocery Outlet employs 1000 people across the US. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet has been family oriented for over 75 years and has a rich history of putting customers and employees first.
The Grocery Outlet Bargain Market brand currently includes over 480 + independently operated stores in California, Delaware, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania. With our broad appeal, Grocery Outlets are located in large and small cities and in a variety of neighborhoods. The premise is simple: offer quality brand name products with savings of 40% to 60% below traditional retailers and sell them with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. The product selection consists of frozen foods, refrigerated products, produce, fresh meat, general merchandise, health & beauty, natural and organic foods and beer & wine. Customers know they will find value in every visit as inventory turns continually creating a “treasure hunt” shopping experience. Grocery Outlet’s world class buying team is known for cultivating a culture of collaborative relationships with the over 2,500 supplier partners we deal with.
