At La Rose Specialty Foods Inc. in Milton, ON (www.larosebakery.com) we have been servicing the Milton and surrounding areas for over 44 years with freshly baked breads, buns, pastries and cakes made from scratch every day, store-made traditional Italian food in our hot table and catering menu, full-service deli and cheese counter, unique specialty foods imported from all over the world as well as domestic products, espresso bar and lots more.
We are currently hiring for a long term, full time Grocery Assistant Manager position in our store with the option for future growth with the company.
Rate of pay is $24.00 to $29.00/hour (dependent on experience)
A successful candidate must be high energy, detail oriented, focused, respectful, mature, and honest.
Responsibilities include:
- Working directly with Grocery Manager to maintain the department in its best form
- Maintaining inventory levels, placing orders with vendors
- Working with Grocery Manager on features and promotions
- Stocking, merchandising and organizing shelves with products being delivered from suppliers
- rotating stock and checking expiry dates
- Checking stock status by performing physical counts on shelves and back stock
- Organizing back stock as a support for the grocery, dairy, and deli departments
- Cleaning, dusting, filling/facing shelves with product to sell - Receiving deliveries from suppliers and checking that correct quantities arrived
- Assisting with tagging prices and promotions that have been approved by the Store Manager
Requirements:
- High energy, friendly, respectful, team player with customer service skills
- Experience in grocery/retail customer service industry is greatly beneficial
- Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs and may enter the cold room several times over the course of each shift
- Must be available 5 days a week for full time and at least one day on the weekend every weekend.
- Must be available for flexible shifts that start as early as 7 am until 10 a.m. and shifts that end as late as 7 pm on weekdays and as late as 5 p.m. on weekends
- Available to work on weekends and around the holidays, as scheduled and able to start earlier such as for shifts in advance of Christmas and Easter
- Must be willing to learn how to use a forklift and pumpjack. Prior experience with machinery is appreciated but not necessary
- Takes interest in learning about domestic and imported specialty products
- Completion of on-line Health and Safety course before start date. Link to course will be sent to the successful candidate upon hire
Other Details:
- Benefits available after probation period
- Free lunch included with every shift after probation period
- The store is closed every Monday as well as every statutory holiday except for Good Friday.
La Rose is an equal opportunity employer. If you require any accommodation to fully participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.
This role uses AI-assisted tools to support initial screening.
