Assistant Meat/Seafood Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market•Frisco, TX

About The Position

The Assistant Meat & Seafood Manager helps customers make healthy food choices by delivering excellent customer service and assisting in the leadership of a busy store department. The role supports the Meat & Seafood Manager in managing and merchandising the department to maximize productivity and profit, while helping oversee ordering, inventory, product quality, and team supervision. The position coordinates production, merchandising, and sales through planning, direction, goal setting, communication, and teamwork. It also helps hire, teach, train, and develop team members; supports department practices for receiving, stocking, and unloading products; and follows freshness programs such as “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4.” The assistant operates and maintains meat and seafood equipment and helps ensure that health, safety, and sanitation guidelines are followed. This role involves general housekeeping and cleaning and sanitizing the department, working in a temperature-controlled area, and handling products and equipment. The schedule is flexible and may include nights, weekends, and holidays. The job requires standing, walking, lifting and moving products, using a pallet jack, and moving racks and tables.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
At least 2 years of professional experience and proven leadership experience.
Dependable and reliable.
Outgoing, 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 perform general housekeeping and clean and sanitize work areas.
Adherence to safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations and company recipes.
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 hours.
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 and carry products horizontally and vertically between 25 and 90 pounds, from 4 to 60 inches, up to 10 feet, for up to 20 hours.
Ability to use a pallet jack to move pallets weighing up to 500 pounds horizontally, requiring up to 85 pounds of force, up to 100 feet, for up to 5 hours.
Ability to move product racks weighing up to 70 pounds, requiring up to 25 pounds of force, up to 50 feet, for up to 10 hours.
Ability to move tables weighing up to 70 pounds, requiring more than 35 pounds 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

Provide excellent customer service and help customers make healthy food choices.
Assist the Meat & Seafood Manager with managing and merchandising the department for productivity and profit.
Support ordering, inventory control, product quality, and supervision of the Meat & Seafood team.
Coordinate production, merchandising, and sales through planning, direction, goal setting, communication, and teamwork.
Help lead team efforts to provide quality products, service, and customer experiences.
Assist with hiring, teaching, training, and developing the Meat & Seafood team.
Know weekly ad items and assist with inventory and ordering.
Follow department practices for receiving, stocking, and unloading products to maintain freshness and quality, including the “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs.
Unload and sort store deliveries and operate and maintain meat and seafood equipment.
Help ensure company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations are followed by department team members.
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 for the employee or immediate family members’ health needs.
Vacation accrual plan.
Career growth opportunities.
15% discount for the employee and one other household family member 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.
Affordable 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 for eligible employees, allowing earned pay to be transferred before payday at no extra cost.