Assistant Meat/Seafood Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market • Orlando, FL

11d

About The Position

The Assistant Meat & Seafood Manager helps customers make healthy food choices by delivering excellent customer service and managing and leading a busy store team. The role assists the Meat & Seafood Manager with department management and merchandising to maximize productivity and profit, and is responsible for ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and supervision of the Meat & Seafood team.

The position coordinates production, merchandising, and sales through planning, direction, goal setting, communication, and teamwork. It assists with hiring, teaching, training, and developing team members, and supports department practices for receiving, stocking, and unloading products to maintain freshness and quality. The role also operates and maintains meat and seafood equipment and helps ensure compliance with company health, safety, sanitation, and Weights and Measures requirements.

This role requires a flexible schedule that may include nights, weekends, and holidays. It involves working in temperature-controlled areas and performing housekeeping and sanitation duties, along with physical tasks such as standing, walking, lifting, moving products and racks, and using department equipment.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience and proven leadership experience.
• Dependable and reliable.
• Outgoing and friendly behavior, a positive attitude, and ability to interact with customers.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that changes with business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Good communication skills and ability to take direction and participate in a team environment.
• Ability to stand continuously for up to 4 hours and for a total of 8 hours per shift; walk up to 2 miles per 8-hour period.
• Ability to work inside a temperature-controlled area.
• Good vision for using sharp knives, a band saw, grinder, sausage maker, box cutter, wrapping machine, and tenderizer.
• Ability to lift or carry products weighing 25 to 90 lbs. between heights of 4 and 60 inches, up to 10 feet, for 20 hours.
• Ability to use a pallet jack to move pallets weighing up to 500 lbs. horizontally, requiring up to 85 lbs. of force, up to 100 feet for up to 5 hours.
• Ability to horizontally move product racks weighing up to 70 lbs., requiring up to 25 lbs. of force, up to 50 feet for up to 10 hours.
• Ability to move tables weighing up to 70 lbs., requiring more than 35 lbs. of force, up to 2 feet for up to 1 hour.

Nice To Haves

• Two to three years of grocery retail experience in Meat department processes and procedures is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Meat & Seafood Manager in managing and merchandising the department for productivity and profit.
• Manage ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and supervision of the Meat & Seafood team.
• Coordinate production, merchandising, and sales through planning, direction, goal setting, communication, and teamwork.
• Help lead the team in delivering high-quality products, service, and customer experiences.
• Assist with hiring, teaching, training, and developing Meat & Seafood team members.
• Know weekly ad items and assist with inventory and ordering.
• Follow department practices for receiving, stocking, and unloading products to ensure freshness and quality; perform the “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs.
• Unload and sort store deliveries and operate and maintain meat and seafood equipment.
• Ensure company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations are followed, and confirm team members are aware of and follow procedures.
• Perform general housekeeping and clean and sanitize department work areas and equipment.
• Follow safety, health, Weights and Measures regulations, and company recipes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for the employee and one other family member in the household on purchases at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance, subject to eligibility requirements
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility requirements
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility requirements
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements
• DailyPay access to earned wages for eligible employees

What This Job Offers

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