Newark Natural Foods Co-op is seeking an engaging visionary General Manager to lead our community-owned food cooperative and café into the future in an increasingly competitive environment. Having deep roots in our community, we incorporated in 1975 to provide local, healthy foods to our members and have since grown to a 10,000 square foot grocery store, 2,500 square foot café, and 6,000 square foot community space that has over 4,000 active member-owners, 65 employees, and $7.8M in annual revenue.
The ideal candidate must demonstrate successful careers (10+ years) in business and personnel management in the grocery and/or retail industry; outstanding communication skills; the proven ability to lead and motivate others; and the highest integrity, personal responsibility, and personal and social values required for continued growth of our community-owned cooperative. Qualified candidates will be experienced grocery and/or retail managers with the ability to integrate daily business management practices with visionary thinking to implement the Co-op’s Ends Policy.
Interested candidates are invited to submit a completed General Manager Employment Application Packet, available on our websitehttp://www.newarknaturalfoods.com/want-a-job. This position will be open until filled with an immediate start date for the selected candidate. For more information about Newark Natural Foods and Café 67, please visit our website http://www.newarknaturalfoods.com.