Meat Department Manager

Defense Commissary Agency•Goose Creek, SC

About The Position

The Meat Department Manager orders, receives, cuts and processes, stores, displays, prices, and accounts for meat products purchased for resale. The position directs department activities and provides administrative and technical supervision to meatcutters, meat cutting workers, and other personnel involved in Meat Department operations. The manager forecasts product demand and ensures meat is properly trimmed, sorted, cut, packaged, rotated, priced, and attractively displayed. The manager maintains adequate supplies of processed and vendor-packaged meats to meet customer demand. The role uses the DeCA automated cutting test program to establish prices, make price changes, prepare price and cost/mark-up lists, and conduct inventory. It also involves designing or resetting promotional and seasonal displays; maintaining neat, orderly, sanitary processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms in compliance with sanitation and safety regulations; inspecting equipment and initiating maintenance; and ensuring safe practices when using power tools, knives, and grinding equipment. Most work takes place in a well-lit store display area maintained at a comfortable temperature. The position may involve exposure to cold temperatures in receiving, storage, and meat-processing areas, including refrigerated rooms. Hazards include injury from electric meat-processing equipment, lifting heavy products, and slipping on wet floors. The position has occasional overtime. The work requires lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, and handling products weighing up to 40 pounds without assistance and occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance, as well as standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing for prolonged periods.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen or national.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination and an appropriate background investigation for security clearance eligibility; clearance eligibility must be maintained.
Must meet the position's physical requirements.
Must sign a Mobility Agreement upon accepting a job offer from HR.
Direct deposit of pay is required.
At the GS-8 level, qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-6, one and one-half years of qualifying graduate-level education, or a combination of specialized experience and education.
Specialized experience must demonstrate knowledge of retail procurement and distribution; retail food merchandising and store management principles and practices; and developments in retail food items, equipment, and practices. Qualifying examples include managing a commissary, supermarket, similar retail food store, or retail food department; planning or controlling retail food store operations; developing or applying retail food store policies and standards; or providing technical advice on merchandising and operations involving grocery, meat, produce, or front-end operations.
Education used to qualify must provide knowledge and ability to perform the work, as evidenced by on-the-job training, an internship, or a practicum in food retail management. Transcripts are required when relying on education.
Meet time-in-grade and time-after-competitive-appointment requirements by the announcement closing date. For GS-8, current and former federal employees must have 52 weeks of federal service at or equivalent to GS-6. Current federal civilian employees must also have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since selection for a qualifying non-temporary appointment.
Lift, push, pull, carry, and handle products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance; stand, stoop, kneel, bend, and climb for prolonged periods.
Must complete the required online onboarding process if selected.

Responsibilities

Direct department activities and provide administrative and technical supervision to meatcutters, meat cutting workers, and other Meat Department personnel.
Forecast product demand.
Ensure resale meats are trimmed, sorted, cut, packaged, rotated, priced, and displayed attractively.
Maintain adequate supplies of processed and vendor-packaged meats to meet customer demand.
Use the DeCA automated cutting test program to establish prices, make price changes, prepare price and cost/mark-up lists, and perform inventory.
Design or reset promotional and seasonal displays.
Inspect and maintain neat, orderly, and sanitary department processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms in compliance with sanitation and safety regulations.
Inspect equipment and initiate required maintenance.
Ensure personnel follow proper safety practices when using power tools, knives, grinding equipment, and other equipment.