Job Description: Suma Member

Function
To collectively manage and develop the business of Suma in order to fulfil the mission statement and current business plan.

Tasks
1. To make active contributions to collective management functions and processes including; General Meetings, Management Committee and discussion groups, working groups, departmental meetings etc.
2. To seek and undertake training and personal development in order to be a more effective member and collective manager.
3. To seek and accept responsibility within the cooperative.
4. To promote worker self management (and cooperative principles).
5. To communicate openly and honestly with other members.
6. To heed, read and listen to communications from other members.
7. To work collectively for the good of the collective, not for self interest.

The lists below are a comprehensive list of requirements and skills. In the selection process we ask for evidence of each and score for each and consider the total. THEY ARE NOT ALL ESSENTIAL!!! and some have to be learned here at Suma during training. The long list enables people with different experiences to score.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

•Knowledge of Suma systems and departments and working methods
•Proven good productivity
•Proven accuracy and attention to detail
•Cooperative skills
•Team working and collective leadership
•Problem solving
•Systems management (able to analyse and change a work routine or system)
•Flexible working arrangements (times, tasks, locations)
•Customer service/ working with the public
•Ability to co-ordinate
•Computer/ keyboard able
•Driving licence
•Telephone skills
•Time management
•HGV licence

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

•Numerate (from test results or evidence)
•Literate (from test results or evidence)
•Communication skills (verbal, written, other) (ability to communicate with others and to understand communication from others)
•Proven ability to learn new skills both physical and mental
•Imaginative/ Creative
•Assertive
•Reliable (absences etc)
•Able to keep working in situations of high demands and stress
•Equal rights aware
•Honesty and ethical behaviour
•Commitment to cooperative working and worker self-management
•Physical fitness (good back etc - essential for certain jobs, not for others)
•Willingness to accept responsibility
•Able to work collectively with different people
•Open to change/ flexible/ adaptable
•Self- motivation

and knowledge of:

•wholefoods / healthfood
•co-operatives
•environmental issues
•retailing
•warehousing/order picking/transport
•sales and marketing
•people management
•buying/product development
•running own business
•business administration
•accounts and finance
•business planning
•computers in business