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Do you love food and are ready for a career where people are at the center?

At City Gross, everything we do is about helping and inspiring our customers to a better everyday life. Our heart beats a little extra for fresh produce, and we believe in people. We believe we become better when we have different backgrounds and experiences. Whether you are showcasing freshly harvested vegetables, cutting a perfect piece of meat, ensuring that the shelves are always well-stocked, or creating campaigns that meet our customers' needs, everyone here is here for one reason: to create an amazing customer experience.

About the job

Position type: Permanent employment of 40 hours per week, probationary period applies.

Start date: 2026-01-12 or by agreement.

Working hours: Early mornings, daytime, as well as some evenings and weekends are a natural part of the job.

What will you do?

Every day brings a fast pace and new challenges, but some of your main tasks will be:

• Responsible for planning, leading, and developing the departments within your area of responsibility - both strategically and operationally. You will have team leaders and a group of skilled store employees to assist you, for whom you will also have personnel responsibility.
• Responsible for daily operations, staffing, optimizing sales and profitability within the fresh produce area, and actively working with sales management/sales planning, waste, and self-control.
• Create and develop routines in daily work as well as develop employees and departments within your areas.
• Together with your employees, drive the departments and develop the business and employees towards set goals.
• Ensure a pleasant, efficient, and sales-oriented working environment.

You will be part of the store's management team and report to the Store Manager. The fresh produce departments you will be responsible for are fruits & vegetables, deli, cheese, and dairy.

Who are you?

• You are skilled at creating and developing teams, are communicative and clear. You have a coaching approach, which means you delegate, provide feedback, and follow up on work.
• You are strongly results-oriented and work effectively to optimize the department's results and achieve set goals.
• You have the ability to inspire, motivate, and engage employees to create a positive work environment and a customer experience that exceeds expectations.
• You take on your role in the management team with great responsibility and can combine operational store work with actively contributing to strategic development issues.
• We place great importance on your personal qualities, especially your ability to inspire and engage employees to create a positive work environment.

We believe you:

• Have a high school education and master Swedish in speech and writing. Since our customers speak more languages than that, it would be fantastic if you do too.
• Have several years of experience in retail and fresh produce, preferably in a leadership position.
• Have good knowledge of fresh produce departments.
• Have previous experience in self-control and working with food hygiene.
• If you have previous experience in a leadership position or from another role with personnel responsibility, store economics, sales responsibility, staffing, and scheduling, this is an advantage.
• Are relationship-building and action-oriented with a strong interest in customer service, people, and grocery products.

What do you get?

• Secure conditions – We have collective agreements with Handels and Unionen.
• Affordable food package – You get employee discounts on everything from luxurious weekend dinners to quick-fix everyday saviors.
• Parental leave with extra security - we offer enhanced parental benefits according to the collective agreement so you can enjoy your new family member a little extra.
• Healthier and more energetic body and mind – We care about your health and offer wellness benefits so you can stay active in the way that suits you best.
• Real career opportunities – With us, there is a chance to grow! Many of our store managers started just where you are now.

Does this sound like something for you? Send in your application – we look forward to meeting you!

If you want to know more about what the position entails, contact Helena Larsson, [email protected], 0522-601751. We would like you to send your application as soon as possible, as the position may be filled before the application deadline on 2025-12-19. We only accept applications via our job pages.

To find out if you are the one we are looking for, our recruitment process includes both tests and interviews. We check ID and conduct background checks for all recruitments. Read more: How it works when you apply for a job at Axfood

Please note that during this recruitment process, we will not ask you to log in with your Bank ID or scan any QR code. If you have questions, contact Employee Support at [email protected].