Manager In Training Meat Department

Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer—we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States, with more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support, set us apart.

About the role

This position covers multiple locations within an area. You will learn all duties required of a Meat Department Manager and assist in directing and controlling the operation of the Meat Department. This includes supervising personnel, planning and ordering merchandise, ensuring customer service and product quality, coordinating department operations to control costs, meet labor targets, maintain profit margins, and exceed sales goals. You will also perform department clerk duties as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Meat Department Manager in meeting departmental projected sales and gross margin objectives.
• Create effective promotional and seasonal displays; prepare, proof, stage, and package products; prevent shrink; oversee cost/quality control; order necessary products and ingredients.
• Prepare department sales/production guides, charts, and records; compute gross profit; process and maintain accurate department records; control expenses.
• Maintain an atmosphere of fast, friendly, courteous customer service.
• Ensure adequate product quantity, quality, and freshness by ordering, checking, receiving, and controlling inventory.
• Build, maintain, and organize product display and storage areas; stock and rotate products; inspect displays daily for substandard or outdated product and discard as needed.
• Maintain proper temperatures in all phases of product handling and preparation; follow retail labeling laws and company code dating policy.
• Follow company policy on processing re-work, reduced-to-clear items, damage, and spoilage; trim, cut, wrap, tray, display, and water products as needed; ensure proper pricing and signing.
• Conduct inventories of all department items; prepare food items as needed.
• Assist the Meat Department Manager in supervising, motivating, coaching, training, and hiring department personnel.
• Monitor employee performance and recommend personnel actions (hiring, firing, layoff, and disciplinary action).
• Assist in scheduling personnel according to coverage needs and service level.
• Perform customer relation duties, engage in suggestive selling, and use other sales techniques.
• Ensure proper merchandising of product by understanding schematics, merchandising of advertised and special items, proper signing procedures, analyzing cutting tests, and meeting customer demand.
• Maintain cleanliness and eye-appeal of work area, storage area, equipment, and retail displays according to company policy and legal regulations; clean work area by mopping, sweeping, and taking out garbage.
• Maintain a safe and secure work environment; ensure compliance with security policies.
• Perform receiving duties: verify orders against invoices, report shortages and claims, break down loads, date product, cut cases, stack, price, and mark merchandise.
• Break down freight by moving product, placing it in inventory, operating forklifts, etc.
• Perform all job duties and responsibilities with honesty and integrity.
• Complete the Manager in Training classroom and on-the-job training program.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Effective communication with co-workers and customers; ability to follow written instructions.
• Understanding of overall company practices through previous experience in the meat department or equivalent.
• Leadership skills in communication, management of people, customer relations, employee relations, analysis, planning, judgment, and reaction to business activity.
• Ability to perform basic math (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication) and compute weights and measures.
• Ability to operate computers and Windows software in a work setting.
• Ability to perform all duties and responsibilities of a meat department clerk at a fully competent and independent level.
• Supervisory skills (e.g., interviewing, scheduling, hiring, counseling, training, disciplining).
• Excellent verbal, written, electronic, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to reach, lift, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. frequently.
• Ability to work for prolonged periods with hands exposed to moisture and in refrigerated areas (32 to 50°F), handling refrigerated goods (occasionally as cold as -20°F and frequently as cold as 28°F).
• Ability to perform safe and quick movements; operate related equipment with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
• Mental alertness to perform duties involving potential hazards with respect to related procedures and equipment (e.g., knives, cookers).
• Ability to work around machinery emitting heat and cold conditions.
• Knowledge of all areas of department production; ability to learn product variability, perishability, safety, sanitation procedures, and department policies.
• Ability to learn taste, content, and perishability of products; conduct visual inspections and read reports, manuals, etc.
• Ability to calculate inventory.
• Ability to stand for long periods, walk and move rapidly, bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently.
• Ability to perform repetitious arm and hand movements frequently.
• Ability to reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to 50 lbs. within the range of floor level to overhead frequently.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks containing product of substantial weight.
• Proper use of cleaning chemicals in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines and instructions.
• Proper handling of related food products per State and County laws, and WinCo standards.
• Ability to perform primary duties efficiently and accurately.
• Current Food Handlers Certification per State and County Laws and WinCo standards.

Machines and Equipment Operated

• Computer terminal and office machines.
• Order/scan gun.
• Department-specific equipment, including but not limited to: kitchen utensils, knives, appliances, automatic slicers, grinders, stuffers, tumblers, smokehouse, vacuum sealers, overwrappers, scales, band saws, meat tenderizers, meat slicers, bone dusters, bulkers, bailers, cubers, mixers, dough machines, shrink wrappers, cash registers, trash compactors, garbage disposals, cardboard bailers, pallet jacks, hand trucks, and/or forklifts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a role with formal supervision responsibilities, managing performance, and/or completion of supervisory training, coursework, or education.
• Experience in a role with product management responsibilities, including all aspects of inventory, display, and maintenance of products within the department.

Pay

USD $27.62 - USD $31.15 per hour.