Meat - Assistant Manager

About the Role

To assist the meat manager in effectively planning, organizing, leading, coordinating, and optimizing materials and human resources in the meat department. This role ensures variety and high-quality merchandise is appealingly displayed to maximize sales and profits while maintaining excellent customer service. You will function as the meat manager in their absence.

Responsibilities

• Provide an open-door atmosphere conducive to high associate morale and excellent customer service.
• Achieve the highest associate morale by managing in a style that is Respectful, Supportive, and Totally Team Oriented (RSTO).
• Commit to the “Golden Rule” and work with other associates to build a strong meat team.
• Promote the company image as a service-oriented operation where every associate greets, assists, renders efficient service, and thanks customers promptly and courteously.
• Ensure the department achieves performance standards outlined in the work and merchandising plan.
• Possess strong communication skills, facilitate department meetings, and ensure fair and consistent treatment in administering discipline.
• Oversee inventory, security, and expense control of the department.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and all applicable state and federal laws (e.g., scheduling, labor laws, dress code, sanitation regulations).
• Resolve customer complaints to their full satisfaction and answer product questions.
• Merchandise the department in accordance with community needs.
• Complete onboarding/e-learnings and checklists within 30 days of hire or entering the department.
• Train and develop associates according to company policies and procedures.
• Order, receive, unload, and store deliveries; price, date, rotate, and stock product for display and sale.
• Maintain proper product rotation (first in, first out) and control shrink and damaged goods.
• Achieve and maintain department merchandising goals (e.g., gross profit, presentation) in cooperation with store management.
• Plan, order, prepare cutting lists, and process meat to maximize sales and gross profit.
• Assist in planning work schedules and breaks to achieve payroll budgets.
• Ensure adherence to wage and hour policies, maintain accurate records, and respond to location mail and reports.
• Prepare special cuts as requested by customers.
• Minimize department expenses without compromising conditions or customer service.
• Delegate tasks and use initiative, ingenuity, and good judgment to solve problems.
• Conduct weekly sales meetings to establish merchandising, sales, and profit objectives.
• Monitor cooler and display temperatures to ensure product quality; report refrigeration failures immediately.
• Maintain company standards for safety, food handling, sanitation, and productivity.
• Follow the “Cleaner’s Creed” and proper sanitation procedures.
• Keep sales and work areas clean, orderly, and free from safety hazards.
• Exercise proper safety practices when lifting, moving products, or using equipment.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Verify price checks for customers as needed.
• Ensure department associates adhere to company dress code standards.
• Notify management of associate theft, customer shoplifting, unauthorized markdowns, or property defacement.
• Clean walls, fans, and drains in the meat cooler, display cases, and work area.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Successful experience in meat operations, including merchandising, ordering, inventorying, and pricing.
• Completion of training in meat operations.
• Ability to display initiative and work with limited supervision.
• ServSafe certification required.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English, with the ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to work a schedule based on business needs.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Physical Demands and Safety Risks

The following physical demands and safety risks may occur during each work shift:

• Never (0%): Sitting, balancing, fingering, crawling, hazardous cleaning solutions.
• Occasionally (1-33%): Climbing up to 12 feet, stooping, kneeling, crouching, feeling, talking, smelling, contact with skin irritants, toxic exposure, nuisance dust, fumes, and sprays.
• Frequently (34-66%): Carrying and lifting up to 80 lbs, pushing and pulling up to 400 lbs, handling, bending, loud noise, twisting of back and neck, slippery and cluttered floors.
• Continuously (67-100%): Standing and walking on tile or concrete, reaching at waist or overhead, seeing, hearing, hazardous equipment (mechanical moving parts), and contact with sharp objects.

Machines, Tools, and Equipment Utilized

• Hamburg grinder
• Automatic wrapping machine
• Needle machine
• Cube machine
• Band saw
• Slicer
• Knives
• Pressure washer
• Pallet jack
• Power jack
• Pricing gun
• Scale
• Trash compactor

Working Conditions

Work environment is primarily inside, with possible exposure to cold, wet, or humid conditions.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $19.40 - $25.20 per hour. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to education, experience, qualifications, and internal equity.