Seafood Assistant Department Manager

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Savage, MN

12d•$17 - $21

About The Position

Provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service while assisting the Department Manager in presenting fresh, innovative, high-quality products at competitive prices. Helps manage department merchandising, product preparation, ordering, pricing, inventory, employee scheduling, training, and customer issues. Ensures products are fresh and properly stored, department standards are met, and sanitation, hygiene, dress, and company policies are followed. May assume management duties when the Department Manager is absent. The role supervises clerks and supports other store areas as needed. The position is non-exempt and requires night and weekend shifts. The anticipated hourly starting wage is $17.00 to $21.25, depending on experience. Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Food safety knowledge or qualification.
Over one year up to three years of similar or related work experience.
Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of variables and limited standardization, and to interpret instructions.
Ability to perform arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Ability to compose original correspondence, follow technical manuals, and interact with people.
Ability to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally, 20 pounds frequently, and 10 pounds constantly.
Ability to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Visual ability to see at distances from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet, with or without correction, including depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with daily exposure to dirt, noise, temperature extremes, dampness, vibrations, equipment movement hazards, cleaning chemicals or solvents, and electrical shock.
Availability for night and weekend shifts.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service, including greeting customers, assisting them with products, and responding to requests.
Answer customer calls promptly and provide helpful service, including taking product orders.
Work with coworkers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Ensure department standards are met and offer customers meal solutions and preparation advice.
Assist the Department Manager with writing ads, preparing projections and actuals, merchandising, and scheduling employees.
Prepare products for display and special orders, including correctly cutting meat and seafood.
Order products, determine pricing, and control inventory.
Review product freshness and appearance; pull products by stale date, rotate, and replenish merchandise.
Assist with determining specials and demonstrations.
Train new employees and instruct, assign, review, and plan the work of clerks.
Maintain proper temperatures and storage procedures to preserve freshness and control shrink.
Handle and resolve customer issues.
Maintain clean and neat work areas and follow sanitation, personal hygiene, dress, department, and company guidelines.
Report to work as scheduled and on time.
Assume management duties in the Department Manager's absence.
Assist with inventory and other store areas as needed; perform other related duties and special projects.