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Taste NY Market Manager – New Baltimore, NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Columbia & Greene Counties Capital Region Welcome Center Taste NY Market promotes the region's local tourism industry, rich history, food, and beverages. The Market is a partnership between CCE of Columbia and Greene Counties, Cornell University, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, and the NYS Empire State Development Corporation.

The Taste NY Market Manager oversees all aspects of the Market and helps ensure a welcoming environment for staff and customers. The Manager frequently builds and maintains tactful, collaborative relationships with vendors, NY State agencies, Cornell University, and other CCE associations.

The Manager leads and motivates staff resulting in informal education about NYS farmers and other producers; positive customer service to members of the public; generation of sales; minimizing losses; and ensuring the store and website is visually distinctive and impeccably maintained.

This position works in-person including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays based on the Market schedule ensuring appropriate staffing and supervisory coverage levels.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an Associate’s degree plus 2 years related experience.
• Experience relevant to the role of the position.
• Ability to create and maintain a welcoming environment for all.
• Ability to effectively manage an informal, educational-based retail environment, ensuring positive public and customer service experiences.
• Travel Requirements: Ability to meet regular travel requirements associated with this position. A valid NYS driver's license and ability to drive and driving record acceptable for agency insurance coverage are required.
• Ability to constantly work flexible hours related to the Market schedule, including early mornings, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully through verbal, written, and electronic methods.
• Ability to use windows-based software, QuickBooks, internet, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and complete work with integrity, accuracy, and within established deadlines.
• Work Environment: In addition to the Working Conditions; the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. This position works constantly in a retail setting. This position frequently maneuvers around the sales floor, stockroom, and office. This position frequently operates point of sale registers, office computer, and other equipment. This position frequently lifts, moves and/or transports products, supplies and equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with retail environments, managing vendor and/or governmental relationships, agriculture, and agri-tourism.

Position Details

This is a full-time, exempt position. Compensation paid in the range of $64,000 to $67,000 annually. Excellent benefits, based on eligibility, including:

• Paid Vacation, Sick, and Personal leave
• Paid Holidays
• NYS Health Insurance Program (including free Dental Insurance)
• NYS Retirement (NYSERS)
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Total Care Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tax Deferred Annuity Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Group Universal Life Insurance
• Personal Accidental Insurance
• Legal Plan Insurance
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Auto and Homeowner’s Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• New York’s College Savings Program
• ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions

All applications must be received on-line by 11:59 pm on August 27, 2025. Position closing dates may change based on Association needs.

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Taste NY Market Store Associates (FT, PT, and Seasonal positions available) – New Baltimore, NY

Multiple positions available, including FT. PT, and Seasonal (temporary). Compensation paid at the rate of $17.00 per hour.

Taste NY highlights the quality, diversity, and economic impact of food and beverages grown, produced, or processed in New York State. The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties Capital Region Welcome Center Taste NY Market (the “Market”) promotes the region's local tourism industry, rich history, food and beverages. The Market is a partnership between CCE of Columbia and Greene Counties, Cornell University, NYS Agriculture and Markets and the NYS Empire State Development Corporation.

Taste NY Market Store Associate responsibilities include assisting with management of inventory, operation of cash register, cash controls, transportation of inventory to the store, customer service, food service and record keeping. Helps to keep the store visually distinctive and impeccably maintained – cleaning, preparing product demonstrations, restocking, refilling supplies, etc. Associates also discuss NYS agriculture and local foods with customers to engage them in these areas and to provide information upon request about the food and farm products sold in the store.

Required Educational Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent.

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Last updated August 12, 2025