Meat/Asst Dept Leader

Kroger • Columbus, OH

5d

About The Position

The Meat/Asst Dept Leader helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and maintains a safe, clean environment that encourages customers to return. The role monitors Meat department activities, works toward established sales and profit goals, and ensures quality assurance standards are met. The leader demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The position supports and develops associates, oversees scheduling and department performance, and helps deliver customer service and merchandising programs. It also contributes to department planning, budgeting, inventory, price changes, food safety, and compliance with safety procedures, laws, and company guidelines. The essential job functions must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Obtain a current food handlers permit once employed.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meat or retail experience.
• Management experience.
• Ability to speak, read, and/or write in a second language.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates and maintain a positive attitude.
• Communicate company, department, and job-specific information to associates.
• Establish department performance goals and empower associates to meet or exceed targets through teamwork.
• Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume.
• Train and develop associates and participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Help customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions, making suggestions, and locating products.
• Inform customers of department specials and offer product samples to help them discover new items.
• Inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action.
• Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results.
• Create and execute sales promotions in partnership with store management.
• Inform and educate associates about current, upcoming, and special in-store promotions, especially those affecting the department.
• Prepare and submit seasonal critiques for the sales and merchandising supervisor.
• Implement the department’s period promotional plan.
• Assist management with the store or department budget, expense control, profit and loss reviews, and appropriate follow-up on financial reports.
• Schedule daily, weekly, and monthly price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs.
• Plan and organize inventory; monitor inventory and stocking conditions; note discrepancies; and train associates on inventory, stocking, and Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO).
• Ensure proper temperatures are maintained in cases and coolers and that temperature logs are maintained.
• Reinforce safety programs by following safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, inspecting equipment for preventive maintenance, and notifying store management about repairs and customer or employee accidents.
• Report safety risks or issues and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
• Follow local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
• Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

What This Job Offers

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