About Grocery Outlet:

• Our Mission: Touching lives for the better
• Our Vision: Touching lives by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the U.S.
• Our Values & Behaviors: Achievement, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Fun, Integrity & Service

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:

The Operator Initiatives Project Manager position is a highly visible and exciting role, that offers an opportunity to drive key cross-functional projects that significantly impact our Independent Operators. We are looking for an energetic, collaborative-minded leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, a background in project management, and strong communication skills. This role reports to the Sr. Director - Operator Support.

Responsibilities Include:

• Owning project planning, coordination, and management of ad hoc and recurring projects, including cross-functional process optimization initiatives

• Defining and validating any applicable business requirements, activities, milestones, deliverables, and success measures within the project scope
• Managing several small to medium internal business projects (i.e., process improvement, technology) and staying agile and adapting work as needed
• Facilitating meetings and successfully managing virtual project teams

• Maintaining open communications between project teams, business partners, and project sponsors

• Providing project status, weekly status reports, and other admin tasks as needed
• Communicate risks and lead resolution of project issues to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction expectations
• Facilitate lessons learned sessions to improve future projects

About the Pay:

• Base Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000
• Annual Bonus Program
• Equity
• 401(k) Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental, Vision & More!
• Final compensation will be determined based upon experience and skills and may vary based on location.

About You:

• 3+ years of overall hands-on Project Manager experience
• Knowledge and experience of project management standards, processes, procedures, guidelines, and tools

• Proven experience in the preparation of project plans, meeting notes, and presentations

• Must have strong leadership and influencing qualities along with the ability to communicate, set expectations, and hold team members accountable
• A self-starter with an ownership and results oriented mindset
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, and be comfortable with ambiguity
• Detailed-oriented with a strong client or customer management experience skillset
• Strong proficiency with M.S. Office and project management software (Asana, MS Project, etc.)

• Proven analytical, problem-solving, decision-making skills
• Excellent organizational/prioritization skills with attention to detail
• Strong track record of driving a project to successful completion