Instructional Area: 104 Marketing & Merchandise Management

Program: 10-104-5 Food Marketing

Consultant: David Hague

Date Prepared: 1998

District(s): Mid-State

I. WORKING TITLES WHICH PROVIDE THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO FUNCTION AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

Grocery manager

Food store manager

Supermarket manager

Wholesale food broker

II. JOB DUTIES WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED IF THEY ARE TO FUNCTION AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

Assist retail grocery store/supermarket operations, coordinate people and business activities, budget, and oversee records control.

Hire, train, motivate, and supervise staff ensuring that proper procedures are followed by checker, cashiers, baggers, stock clerks, and management support staff.

Responsible for buying and merchandising grocery, produce, and meat products, ensuring adequate stock turnover goals are achieved.

Records daily sales records, authorizes payment for vendors/suppliers of grocery, produce, and meat products; negotiates with sales representatives and related duties.

Reviews store layout and organization relative to store sales and merchandising goals; ensure adequate customer services are present without endangering store security due to internal/external theft and/or spoilage.

III. WORKING TITLES WHICH DO NOT PROVIDE THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO FUNCTION AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND WHICH MIGHT CAUSE CONFUSION IN THIS AREA.

None

IV. REQUIREMENTS FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, ASSOCIATIONS, OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT GROUPS.

None