Meat Lead - Store #25 Full-Time

Northgate Gonzalez Markets•Hawthorne, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Lead oversees leadership, operations, and safety in the meat department at Northgate Gonzalez Market. The role trains, coaches, and develops associates; maintains a positive work environment; sets performance expectations; and works to meet customer-service standards and department goals. Operational responsibilities include following receiving procedures, maintaining accurate inventory and product rotation, implementing merchandising plans, managing vendors and expenses, ensuring correct pricing and product labeling, and maintaining product freshness, quality, and presentation. The Meat Lead provides courteous customer service and ensures department housekeeping, sanitation, and cleaning procedures are followed. The role also supports safe food handling and workplace safety by inspecting equipment, reporting maintenance issues, conducting safety observations, participating in the store safety committee, and ensuring associates follow company and regulatory safety procedures. The position requires one year of meat department operations experience. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred. The employee must be able to relocate to a store within 20 miles of home depending on business needs and meet the stated physical demands, including lifting up to 80 pounds and working in refrigerated and frozen areas.

Requirements

One year of experience in meat department operations.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Must be able to relocate to a store within 20 miles of home depending on business needs.
Food Handlers Certification.
Forklift Certification.
Sexual Harassment Prevention/Respect Values Training/Boss to Coach/Leading Through People Issue Free Training.
Meat Cutter Certification.
Safety Leadership Training.
Ability to calculate discounts, gross margins, markups, percentages, proportions, ratios, and volume, and apply basic algebra concepts.
Ability to verify vendor invoice charges and counts and complete required accounting reports.
Good listening and communication skills.
Ability to speak English at a level that supports good customer service.
Regularly able to sit, stand, and use hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Occasionally able to lift or exert up to 80 pounds.
Ability to climb a ladder to retrieve items stored in overhead racks.
Sufficient mobility, agility, and dexterity to respond quickly to emergencies and disassemble and clean meat saws, grinders, and other equipment.
Ability to work continuously in refrigerated coolers and cutting rooms and tolerate temperatures as low as 20°F below zero in frozen storage areas for up to 40 minutes at a time while wearing protective clothing and taking breaks.
Ability to work in a moderately noisy environment and occasionally in extremely noisy areas, including the compressor/machine room or while using power tools and equipment.
Must pass a pre-employment drug test; the test will not screen for non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites.

Responsibilities

Train associates in the store’s methods for performing activities and functions.
Maintain a positive work environment and treat associates fairly and consistently.
Model company values and excellent customer service, and meet department Voice of the Customer / SMG standards.
Recruit, select, onboard, coach, and develop associates to achieve store and company goals.
Set performance expectations and provide timely performance evaluations and appropriate compensation follow-up.
Follow local, state, and federal regulations, including weight-and-measures and COOL requirements.
Follow approved receiving procedures to ensure product quality and rotation.
Maintain and accurately record inventory to maximize sales and optimize gross profit.
Follow merchandising standards and systems, including schematics, production planning, displays, and known-loss tracking.
Manage local vendors to ensure proper service, inventory levels, and standards.
Ensure retail prices are correctly displayed on scale labels and price tags, and communicate discrepancies to the Scan Coordinator.
Maintain inventory control to ensure freshness, quality, turnover, sales, and return on investment.
Control utility and water usage, supplies inventory, and expenses.
Ensure end-of-shift cleaning follows company procedures.
Greet customers and provide prompt, courteous service.
Execute department programs to meet customer-service, employee-productivity, and meat-case presentation standards.
Maintain housekeeping and sanitation in accordance with store policy and applicable health regulations.
Implement merchandising plans issued by the support center, including schematics, new items, and promotional programs.
Oversee proper trimming and display of meat cuts.
Ensure associates use the correct PLU for the corresponding product trays in compliance with weights-and-measures regulations.
Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
Inspect and maintain equipment in good working condition and promptly report maintenance or equipment issues to Store Management.
Follow company safety policies and procedures and ensure department associates do the same.
Participate in the store safety committee and notify the Store Team Leader of safety-policy violations requiring disciplinary action.
Meet Northgate standards and county regulations for safe food handling.
Perform or manage daily safety observations and Axonify participation.
Comply with and train associates on department safety regulations and recipe guidelines.