Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist customers with product recommendations, product requests and special orders.
- Accountable for all meat orders.
- Write weekly schedule for meat department associates.
- Ensure completion of all price changes and sign maintenance.
- Ensure all products, prepared foods and special orders are prepared to specifications.
- Merchandise, price, and stock all meat.
- Rotate product to minimize out of dates.
- Complete and administer reviews for meat department associates.
- Train and develop meat department associates.
- Prepare and plan for period end and year-end inventories.
- Oversee customer service in department, daily case maintenance and cleaning, maintenance of coolers/freezers, maintenance of the meat room and back room conditions.
- Achieve department sales and financial objectives.
Managerial Accountabilities:
- Communicate and work with other functional areas of operations.
- Adhere to all store policies, practices, and procedures.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by completing educational opportunities, reviewing professional publications, benchmarking state of the art practices and networking.
- Build strong working relationships with customers, vendors, and associates.
- Adapt, promote, and embrace changes and innovation in the meat industry.
Benefits to include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short Term Disability insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) with match
- Profit Sharing
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Qualifications:
- Previous management experience desired.
- Knowledge of various cuts and preparation of beef, pork, veal, lamb, and poultry.
- Proficient merchandising skills to plan and execute meat displays designed to drive profit, create interest, perceive value, and suggest meal solutions.
- Proficient management and leadership skills.
- Proficient organization and planning skills, especially to manage multiple deadlines and projects.
- Proficient communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and listening skills.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.
- Proficient product knowledge and awareness of all meat items.