Assistant Deli & Meat Manager

Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op • Saint Paul, MN

55d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Deli & Meat Manager position works directly with the Deli & Meat Manager, with a focus on Meat & Cheese, to maintain, grow, and run a successful team, ensuring excellent customer outcomes, effective team leadership, a positive and safe work environment, organized and efficient operations, a visually appealing space, sound financial outcomes and the production and packaging of high-quality foods. Specific areas of accountability include customer service, onboarding and training, shift supervision, support of general operations, safety and sanitation, purchasing, merchandising, and financial duties. This is a union position.

Requirements

• Proven ability to provide excellent customer service and experience, utilizing feedback and knowledge to find solutions to customers' issues promptly and efficiently, maintaining a professional demeanor even in challenging situations; ability to seek feedback from customers to continuously improve the customer experience.
• Direct experience with food preparation including oversight of quality and safety.
• Ability to coordinate, and deliver effective training; skilled in explaining information in a clear and understandable manner, using various methods and resources to facilitate learning based on individual needs; ability to seek feedback and adjust strategies.
• Proven interpersonal skills for effective and professional interactions with staff, managers, and other departments; ability to communicate departmental and organizational goals, policies, and changes clearly to staff, ensuring everyone is on the same page; effective communication of department needs and ideas to leadership.
• Proven ability to contribute to a positive, inclusive, professional work environment; experienced in providing day to day direction, feedback, and coaching to staff; desire to grow as people leaders and support staff development.
• Proven ability to efficiently organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and achieve department objectives ensuring alignment with organizational goals; ability to delegate effectively to departmental staff as appropriate.
• Ability to identify issues and develop timely solutions, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, resolving customer concerns, and staffing issues effectively and calmly during challenging situations.
• Proven ability to be flexible and adaptable, persevering when faced with obstacles to overcome challenges and achieve goals; ability to support team through changing circumstances and processes while fostering teamwork and positive morale.
• Basic to intermediate computer skills including web browsing and Microsoft Office and/or Office 365; basic math skills; ability to timely and accurately perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Must be at least 18 years old.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a fast-paced grocery retail setting.
• Familiarity with natural foods industry, meat, seafood and cheese products strongly preferred.
• Supervisory experience including hiring, training, coaching, and providing feedback to support team development.
• Demonstrated experience working within a budget, limiting costs, managing inventory, and achieving product margins to maximize revenue and contribute to financial goals; proven ability to achieve outcomes that support departmental goals.
• ServSafe Certification.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel including ability to navigate spreadsheets and familiarity of basic functions, such as copy/paste, calculate sums.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, grow, and run a successful team.
• Ensure excellent customer outcomes.
• Provide effective team leadership.
• Maintain a positive and safe work environment.
• Ensure organized and efficient operations.
• Maintain a visually appealing space.
• Achieve sound financial outcomes.
• Oversee the production and packaging of high-quality foods.
• Manage customer service.
• Oversee onboarding and training.
• Provide shift supervision.
• Support general operations.
• Ensure safety and sanitation.
• Manage purchasing.
• Oversee merchandising.
• Perform financial duties.

Benefits

• 20% employee discount
• Excellent paid time off
• Paid volunteering
• 401(k) matching
• Low-cost health insurance premium options
• FREE access to primary care and mental health counseling for those enrolled in our medical insurance
• EAP
• On Demand Pay
• Free food "buddies"
• Employee referral bonuses
• Dress code that allows for inclusivity and creativity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed