Assistant Meat Manager
About The Position
The Assistant Meat Manager supports daily Meat Department operations in a fast-paced retail environment, helping meet service, quality, financial, and customer-experience expectations. The role focuses on disciplined execution of food production, merchandising, freshness, food safety, sanitation, and regulatory standards, while contributing to sales and profitability. The position plans and coordinates department production, maintains inventory and displays, reviews results, and adjusts work to support yield and profitability goals. It also schedules, trains, coaches, and oversees associates, maintains required records, and ensures work areas and equipment are clean and safe. The role requires flexible availability, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and work in cooler and freezer environments.
Requirements
- Clear communication and expectation-setting.
- Consistent, objective decision-making.
- Strong organization and follow-through.
- Ability to lead teams in a structured, time-sensitive environment.
- Competency in meat department production and merchandising execution.
- Competency in inventory management, ordering, and shrink control.
- Competency in labor planning, scheduling, and performance management.
- Competency in food safety, sanitation, and compliance execution.
- Knowledge of meat handling, storage, rotation, and labeling standards.
- Knowledge of food safety and temperature-control requirements.
- Knowledge of store systems, ordering platforms, and department documentation.
- Ability to review sales, labor, inventory, and production data.
- Ability to train and direct associates across department functions.
- Ability to operate department tools and equipment following company guidelines.
- Ability to lift, move, and handle product and work in cooler and freezer environments.
- Flexible availability, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Reliable attendance and compliance with company safety standards, food safety guidelines, grooming standards, and the Code of Business Conduct.
Responsibilities
- Manage daily Meat Department operations to meet service, quality, and financial expectations.
- Maintain a professional, customer-focused environment and respond to customer inquiries and special orders.
- Plan and coordinate daily production activities, including preparation, packaging, stocking, and merchandising.
- Ensure displays are stocked, rotated, labeled, and maintained to company standards.
- Implement promotional and seasonal programs as scheduled.
- Maintain compliance with food safety, sanitation, temperature, and regulatory requirements.
- Review production results and adjust activities to support yield and profitability goals.
- Manage ordering, inventory levels, shrink, reclamation, and departmental expenses.
- Maintain clean, safe work areas, including preparation rooms, coolers, freezers, display cases, and equipment.
- Schedule, train, coach, and oversee associates to ensure coverage and performance expectations.
- Complete and maintain required documentation, including logs, reports, and audits.
Benefits
- Competitive wages paid weekly
- Associate discounts
- Medical benefits for eligible associates
- Dental benefits for eligible associates
- 401(k) benefits for eligible associates
- Time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick pay
- Training, career growth, and development
- Inclusive work environment
- Benefits may include vision, disability and life insurance, paid time off or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits
- Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
