Meat Department Manager

Defense Commissary Agency • Fort Belvoir, VA

24d • Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Department Manager orders, receives, cuts and processes, stores, displays, prices, and accounts for meat products purchased for resale. The role 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; ensures meat is properly trimmed, sorted, cut, packaged, rotated, priced, and displayed; and maintains adequate supplies of processed and vendor-packaged meats to meet customer demand.

The position uses the DeCA automated cutting test program to establish prices, make price changes, prepare price and cost/mark-up lists, and perform inventory. It also involves designing or resetting promotional and seasonal displays; maintaining neat, orderly, and sanitary processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms in accordance with sanitation and safety regulations; inspecting equipment and initiating maintenance; and ensuring safe practices when employees use power tools, knives, and grinding equipment.

Most work takes place in a well-lit store display area maintained at a comfortable temperature. The role may involve exposure to cold temperatures in receiving, storage, and meat-processing areas, including refrigerated rooms. Hazards include possible injury from electric meat-processing equipment, lifting heavy products, and slipping on wet floors. Physical requirements include handling products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance, and standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing for prolonged periods.

The position is recruited at GS-8 and GS-10. At GS-8, applicants may qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-6, one and one-half years of relevant graduate education, or a combination. At GS-10, applicants may qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-8, two and one-half years of relevant progressively higher graduate education, or a combination. Education used to qualify must demonstrate knowledge and ability relevant to food retail management, with transcripts required. A GS-8 selectee may be eligible for noncompetitive promotion to GS-10 when requirements are met; promotion is not guaranteed.

Conditions include U.S. citizenship or national status, applicable Selective Service registration, a suitability or fitness determination, the ability to obtain and maintain security-clearance eligibility based on a background investigation, and signing a Mobility Agreement upon accepting an offer. Direct deposit is required. The position may include a probationary or trial period and a one-year supervisory probationary period. Occasional overtime is stated. The position is not covered by a bargaining unit and is FLSA-exempt. PCS is authorized, subject to the stated limitations. Recruitment and relocation incentives are not offered.

Requirements

• For GS-8: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-6, or one and one-half years of relevant graduate-level education, or a combination of specialized experience and education.
• For GS-10: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-8, or two and one-half years of relevant progressively higher graduate-level education, or a combination of specialized experience and education.
• Specialized experience must demonstrate knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; retail food merchandising and retail food store management; and developments in commercial retail food items, equipment, and practices.
• Qualifying experience may include managing a commissary, supermarket, or similar retail food store; managing a retail food department; planning, standardizing, or controlling retail food store operations; developing, interpreting, or applying retail food store policies and standards; or providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters.
• Education used to qualify must provide knowledge and ability to perform food retail management work, as evidenced by on-the-job training, an internship, or a practicum in food retail management. Transcripts are required when relying on education.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
• Must pass a suitability or fitness determination and be able to obtain and maintain security-clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
• Must meet the stated physical requirements, including handling commissary products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance, and standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing for prolonged periods.
• Must sign a Mobility Agreement upon accepting a job offer.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Applicants must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date and provide a resume that clearly documents relevant qualifications.
• Competencies assessed include Commissary Operations, Interpersonal Skills, Safety Procedures, and Supervision.

Responsibilities

• Direct Meat Department activities and provide administrative and technical supervision to meatcutters, meat cutting workers, and other department personnel.
• Forecast product demand.
• Ensure resale meats are trimmed, sorted, cut, packaged, rotated, priced, and displayed professionally and 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 processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms in compliance with sanitation and safety regulations.
• Inspect equipment and initiate required maintenance.
• Ensure employees follow proper safety practices when using power tools, knives, grinding equipment, and other equipment.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• PCS is authorized, subject to the stated restrictions and conditions.
• Eligible employees may receive a Relocation Income Tax Allowance for additional taxes incurred from taxable travel income.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager