Fresh Food Manager - Retail

Req ID: 471396

Address: 3407 South State Road 45/52 Kankakee, IL, 60901

Benefits: * Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance * Paid Time Off * Flexible Scheduling * 401(k) – 100% match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30-days * Competitive Pay * Career Development * Quarterly Bonus Program * Hiring Immediately

Welcome to Love’s!

Fresh Food Managers play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our fresh kitchen. You will be leading a staff in managing processes to enhance sales and customer satisfaction. With opportunity as our greatest benefit and a dynamic team environment, this role is ideal for individuals passionate about the food industry and ready to make a difference.

Job Functions:

• Ensure a safe, clean, and well-maintained kitchen, along with adherence to proper food safety procedures

• Drive sales of products and services through efficient ordering, stocking, inventory management, and food preparation

• Oversee proper task execution and completion, maintain schedule integrity, and complete daily, weekly, and monthly reporting

• Work alongside team members to prepare and package products in a timely manner to maximize customer service expectations

• Understand financial reporting which includes profit and loss statements to affect business changes and capitalize on opportunities

• Collaborate with leadership in the efforts of talent acquisition

Experience:

• 1+ years management experience

• 1+ years affecting and deciphering budgets and P&L statements

• 1+ years supervising and training 5 or more employees

Skills and Demands:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer satisfaction focus

• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail

• Intermediate level computer skills including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Exce.

• Frequent lifting/moving of items over 50 pounds or more

• Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment background check and drug screening

Our Culture:

Come see why Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores was recognized by Indeed as the winner of the Better Work Award in 2023.

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans encouraged to apply.

Love’s has been fueling customers’ journeys since 1964. Innovation and perseverance continue to lead the way for the family-owned and -operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City with more than 40,000 team members in North America and Europe. The company’s core business is travel stops and convenience stores with more than 630 locations in 42 states. Love’s continues its commitment to offer products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, four-wheel customers, RVers, alternative fuel and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities Love’s serves and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace are hallmarks of the company’s award-winning culture.

The Love’s Family of Companies includes:

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets.
• Speedco and Love’s Truck Care, the largest oil change and preventive maintenance and total truck care network.
• Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader.
• Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert.
• TVC Pro-driver, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) protection subscription service.