Meat - Assistant Manager

Bristol Farms•Westchester, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a management-in-training position. The Assistant Meat Manager must possess or be willing to develop the qualities needed for a manager, including confidence, commitment, and motivation. Key traits include patience, even-temperedness, humbleness, humor, good listening skills, perceptiveness, supportiveness, decisiveness, flexibility, analytical thinking, consistency, progressiveness, proactivity, and the ability to encourage and coach. As a customer-service oriented and teaching role, the Assistant Meat Manager needs a smooth temperament and excellent people skills. The role should also be open to growth and expansion within Bristol Farms.

Requirements

High School diploma or general education degree (GED); six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers, or employees of Bristol Farms.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to resolve conflicts in such a manner to create a win-win situation.
Ability to analyze a variety of situations, think through to a solution and implement the solution.
Must have the ability to speak, read and understand English.
Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger; handle, or feel objects, or controls.
Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and color vision.
Supervises a total of 6-10 employees in the Meat Department.
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Bristol Farms policies and all applicable laws.
Responsibilities include interviewing; training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Nice To Haves

Willingness to learn how to have the necessary confidence, commitment, and motivation to move staff and self towards success.
Patience, even-temperedness, humbleness, humorous, good listening skills, observant, perceptive, supportive, decisive, flexible, analytical, consistent, progressive, proactive, and an encourager and coach.
Smooth tempered and possess excellent people skills.
Open to growth and expansion.
Extraordinary customer service skills that exceed expectations.
Attitudes, respect, and flexibility.
Positive “can-do” attitude.
Treat others with respect.
Easily adjust to changes in the workplace.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the activities of workers engaged in ordering, processing, and selling meats and poultry and maintaining frozen food lockers under the supervision of the Meat Manager.
Assists the Meat Manager with all Meat Department responsibilities.
Assumes all Meat Department responsibilities in the absence of the Meat Manager, including customer service, management, ordering, receiving of products, scheduling, and paperwork.
Responsible for in-service training for all employees, including training documentation, under the direction of the Meat Manager.
Assists the Meat Manager with maintaining the appropriate profit margin according to the approved pre-set budget, including sales goals, cost of goods, expenses, price changes, and waste management.
Helps manage costs by controlling shrink and theft.
Ensures high quality and proper quantity of products through proper ordering and receiving under the direction of the Meat Manager.
Examines products bought for resale or received for storage.
Ensures proper displaying and selling of all meat products to customers and advises customers on quality of food, method of handling, and other factors affecting preparing, freezing, and storage.
Responsible for all employees practicing the same techniques.
Responsible for cleanliness and sanitation of the meat back room.
Consistently walks around the back of the case to check the view from the front to assure clean, visible, and plentiful display of product.
Responsible for using the tools provided by management to ensure the success of the department.
Engages and coaches others in suggestive selling techniques.
Handles customer complaints in a manner that assures customer satisfaction.
Assists with monthly safety meetings and assures that they fall within accordance to Cal Osha SB-198.
Documents all meetings and obtains employee’s signatures.
Conducts accident investigations and completes necessary paperwork in accordance with Cal Osha SB-198.
Maintains the Meat Department, including all meat, poultry, and seafood cases, under current health codes and Bristol Farms standards on sanitation and cleanliness.
Helps oversee and may arrange for all equipment to be fixed and cleaned.
Leads by example, modeling correct behavior and adherence to company policies and procedures.
Oversees the Seafood Department in the absence of the Seafood Manager.
Follows the employee handbook at all times, especially on service standards and appearance.
Meets and exceeds Bristol Farms standards in service, quality, and cleanliness at all times.