Assistant Meat/Seafood Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market•Yuma, AZ

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About The Position

The Assistant Meat & Seafood Manager supports the Meat & Seafood Manager in managing and merchandising the department for productivity and profit. The role helps lead the department team, provide excellent customer service, and ensure customers receive high-quality products and a positive shopping experience. Responsibilities include ordering and inventory control, maintaining product quality, coordinating production and sales, and helping hire, train, and develop team members. The position also involves receiving and stocking deliveries, operating and maintaining department equipment, and ensuring that health, safety, sanitation, and freshness procedures are followed. This position requires working in a fast-paced retail environment and maintaining a flexible schedule that may include nights, weekends, and holidays. Physical duties include standing, walking, lifting and carrying products, moving pallets and racks, and cleaning and sanitizing the department. Work takes place in a temperature-controlled area.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Have basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
Have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience and proven leadership experience.
Have 2–3 years of grocery retail experience in meat department processes and procedures; this is highly preferred.
Be dependable and reliable.
Demonstrate outgoing, friendly behavior, a positive attitude, and the ability to interact with customers.
Be able to work a flexible schedule that changes with business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Have good communication skills and the ability to take direction and participate in a team environment.
Follow safety, health, Weights and Measures regulations, and company recipes.
Be capable of standing continuously for up to 4 hours and for a total of 8 hours per shift, and walking up to 2 miles per 8-hour period.
Be able to work inside a temperature-controlled area.
Have good vision for using sharp knives, a band saw, grinder, sausage maker, box cutter, wrapping machine, and tenderizer.
Be able to lift or carry products weighing 25 to 90 pounds between heights of 4 and 60 inches, for up to 10 feet, for 20 hours.
Be able to use a pallet jack to move pallets weighing up to 500 pounds horizontally, requiring up to 85 pounds of force, for up to 100 feet and up to 5 hours.
Be able to move product racks weighing up to 70 pounds, requiring up to 25 pounds of force, for up to 50 feet and up to 10 hours.
Be able to move tables weighing up to 70 pounds, requiring more than 35 pounds of force, for up to 2 feet and up to 1 hour.

Nice To Haves

2–3 years of grocery retail experience in meat department processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

Assist the Meat & Seafood Manager with department management and merchandising to maximize productivity and profit.
Provide excellent customer service and help customers make healthy food choices.
Manage ordering, inventory controls, and product quality, and supervise 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 department team members.
Learn weekly ad items and assist with inventory and ordering.
Follow receiving, stocking, and unloading practices 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.
Ensure company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations are followed by the department team.
Perform general housekeeping and clean and sanitize department work areas.
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 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.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility.
Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility.
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility.
Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility.
Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility.
Paid holidays, subject to eligibility.
DailyPay access for eligible employees.