Saba Grocers Initiative
Interim Managing Director
Oakland, CA
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Full time
Company website
Saba Grocers is a grassroots initiative of corner store owners in Oakland founded in 2019 through Oakland’s Soda Tax. Saba Grocers serves as a conduit for communities to get healthy food, provide information that promotes health and well-being, and for facilitating community empowerment. We envision a healthy community where everyone has access to quality, nutritious, healthy food that can be achieved through a synergistic relationship between corner stores, producers, distributors, farmers, and the communities they serve. We value interdependent thriving: this is the state of thriving in which the well-being of one is not at the expense of another.
Description
On a daily basis, we distribute fresh produce to corner stores and institutions, and host community engagement events to anchor each corner store in the surrounding neighborhood. The majority of our participating stores and events are located in East and West Oakland communities.
Position Summary:
For the duration of 6-9 months this role will act as an Interim Managing Director of Saba Grocers taking charge of our day-to-day operations, and implementation of strategic initiatives in each department. Saba is a medium size organization with a staff size totaling 4/5ftes. Our annual organizational budget is $1 Million. This position reports to the Board of Directors.
Responsibilities: (6-9mons agreement)
- Oversee federal grant program implementation, complete federal reporting and budget monitoring
- Oversee fundraising development efforts including submission of grant proposals, prospecting, donor cultivation, and communications
- Monitor & manage organizational budget, P&L statement and Balance statement
- Collaborate with board & founder in creating 2026 budget
- Host board meeting
- Oversee warehouse capital expansion projects
- Oversee warehouse distribution operations
- Oversee sales strategy implementation
- Implement systems and structures needed for federal grants, hiring processes, operational processes, administrative tasks, online account management
- Supervise 5-6 staff members
- Oversee Office Administration / HR
- Oversee accounting functions
- Manage vendor relationships
Qualifications:
- 5-10 years of experience in a leadership role
- Expertise in both non-profit and social impact for-profit
- Experience managing Federal Grants
- Experience in the fresh food supply chain
- In depth understanding of community work, equity and DEI
- BA or BSc Degree in Business management operations
- MBA in social impact business or a Masters in a related field OR 5-10 years in successfully managing and growing a social impact food business ie. b-corp
- Spanish and/or Arabic language speaker preferred
Benefits:
100% healthcare, dental and vision coverage for employees. 26 days of PTO annually, 11 days company holiday, 401K match plan (4% company contribution, 1% employee contribution), and a generous sabbatical policy
Hours of operations: 8am-5pm
Location: 3days in-office (M-T-W) and 2 days remote (Th-F)
Start Date: July 7th, 2025
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Saba Grocers is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. We are an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including members of underrepresented groups.
Salary
$80,000 - $120,000 per year