Fresh Merchandising Training Lead

Fresh Merchandising Training Lead

Coborn's Inc. is hiring for our new Fresh Merchandising Training Lead! If you have a passion for training and Fresh Merchandising, this role will give you the opportunity to influence Operations leadership to achieve excellence in execution, training, and operational readiness within their assigned Fresh Department. You will partner directly with Director of Operations, Store Directors, and Training Store Department Managers to educate, train, and align leadership on the intent, expectations, and execution standards of merchandising programs, while also maintaining readiness and consistency in day-to-day operations.

Additional Duties Include :

• Operations Partnership & Influence : Build strong, trust-based relationships with Directors of Operations and Store Directors to drive execution, training, and readiness priorities for the assigned category. Influence leaders to prioritize compliance, freshness, and merchandising standards without direct supervisory authority.
• Serve as the primary field liaison between Support Center Merchandising and Operations leadership - clarifying expectations, facilitating communication, and ensuring consistent understanding of Fresh program objectives.
• Present performance insights, field trends, and improvement recommendations to Operations leadership to shape priorities and action plans.
• Program Education & Leadership Alignment : Educate Operations and Store leadership on new Fresh merchandising programs, initiatives, and standards.
• Conduct regional and district-level briefings to ensure alignment on program intent, timelines, and expectations.
• Partner with Operations to reinforce leadership capability to coach and assess store teams on execution performance.
• Field Training Delivery & Oversight : Train and coach Store Directors and Training Store Department Managers to deliver high-quality, standardized training for department managers and teams on merchandising standards, presentation, and food safety practices.
• Conduct periodic audits to verify merchandising quality, compliance, and readiness.
• Partner with Directors of Operations to maintain qualified Training Stores that exemplify operational excellence.
• Ensure the Training Store network remains aligned with current merchandising standards and operational expectations.
• Operational Readiness & Continuous Support : Monitor operational consistency across assigned department and partner with Operations leaders to resolve recurring performance or compliance gaps.
• Provide proactive coaching to maintain execution readiness - ensuring daily adherence to rotation, presentation, and food safety standards.
• Deliver practical, actionable insights from the field to the Operations Lead and Operations Manager to improve tools, processes, and training content.
• Food Safety & Fresh Standards Reinforcement : Reinforce food safety, sanitation, and freshness practices through training and coaching.
• Partner with Store Directors and Operations to ensure standards are sustained daily in the field.
• Support corrective actions and ensure accountability for improvement when gaps are identified.
• Collaboration & Training Content Alignment : Partner with the Fresh Merchandising Operations Manager and Leads to ensure training materials accurately reflect execution playbooks and operational requirements.
• Provide data-driven and field feedback to the Fresh Merchandising Operations and Training teams on training effectiveness and field challenges to improve content clarity, visuals, and communication tools.
• Identify trends in training gaps and recommend updates to processes or resources.

What's In It For Me?

Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn's, we're committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace-one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures. We're proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees, including :

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Company Introduction :

Are you friendly, dependable, and passionate about working with people? At Coborn's, Inc., we love serving our guests, supporting our communities, and helping our team members grow their careers. If you're looking for a place where you can build a future while making a positive impact every day, we'd love to talk to you about joining our team! Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing, employee-owned grocery retailer proudly serving communities across the Midwest. Our family of grocery stores includes Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's Marketplace Foods, Sullivan's Foods, and Kessler's. We offer our guests an elevated shopping experience-both in-store and online-focused on freshness, value, and convenience. Guided by our company vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, this principle has fueled our growth for more than 100 years and is at the heart of everything we do. Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates...

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