Meat Manager

Albertsons Companies • Apache Junction, AZ

81d

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to direct the operation of the Meat Department, including supervising and training personnel. The role ensures customer service and product quality, freshness, safety, and selection.

Requirements

• Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Meat Department including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
• Requires strong communication skills, good leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to manage people and maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.
• Requires a good understanding of company policies and Meat Department policies and procedures.
• Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department policies and procedures.
• Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks, and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs.
• Bends, stoops, and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders.
• Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks.
• Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
• Must be able to operate meat cutting utensils and equipment.
• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
• Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures.
• Must have knowledge of taste, content, and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies and procedures.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules, and print labels.
• Utilizes knives, saws, cutters, grinders, and other cutting equipment.
• Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Utilizes safety cutters and requires use of safety gloves.
• Knowledge of profit and loss statements.
• Will be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Good attendance is required.
• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cutting equipment and other work aids necessary to perform job duties.

Responsibilities

• Champions Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals.
• Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints.
• Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service.
• Supervises the day-to-day functions of the meat department to achieve customer service, sales, and profit objectives.
• Supervises, motivates, directs, trains, and participates in the hiring of meat department personnel.
• Monitors associate performance and recommends personnel actions such as hiring, firing, layoff, and disciplinary actions.
• Schedules personnel to ensure adequate coverage and service levels and to meet department budgetary objectives.
• Conducts daily inspections of all meat sections and initiates corrective measures to ensure compliance with product quality and trimming and grinding procedures.
• Assists with all meat department duties such as receiving, storage, cleaning, customer service, cutting, grinding, wrapping, packaging, and stocking.
• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays.
• Controls shrink and expenses.
• Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet, purchase report, and sales and labor and other required paperwork and logs.
• Maintains records on ad items movement.
• Orders, checks, receives, and controls inventory to ensure adequate and proper inventory level, product quality, and freshness.
• Takes periodic inventories, processes administrative paperwork, and maintains accurate department records.
• Maintains and organizes meat department cooler and freezer.
• Ensures that product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping standards are met.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics and monitoring product flow.
• Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, and Company policies.
• Checks competitors for comparisons on prices, product variety, and merchandising procedures.
• Handles customer relations and assists customers by taking and filling special orders.
• Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling.
• Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor and work area, freezer and cooler, equipment, and retail cases.
• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately.
• Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.
• Attends required training.
• Maintains and cleans knives, scales, steamers, display cases, saws, meat tenderizers, slicers, cubers, and wrapping equipment.
• Assists with implementing emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.
• Ensures that all associates are trained and instructed in the proper performance of work duties.
• Monitors associate performance and reports observations to the Store Director.
• Resolves associate complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.
• Maintains confidentiality concerning associates, store sales, and other Company information.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.
• Performs other necessary and required duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time