Meat Manager

Albertsons Companies•Coolidge, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Manager directs the operation of the Meat Department, focusing on supervising and training personnel, ensuring exceptional customer service, and maintaining high standards for product quality, freshness, safety, and selection. This role is crucial in achieving department sales and profit objectives while upholding the company's philosophy of personalized service.

Requirements

Working knowledge of all job duties within the Meat Department including cutting, wrapping, steaming, grinding, cubing, tenderizing, and customer service.
Strong communication skills.
Good leadership and interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to manage people.
Ability to maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
Knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.
Good understanding of company policies and Meat Department policies and procedures.
Ability to judge and react to business activity.
Knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, food safety, sanitation, labeling, and department policies and procedures.
Frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs.
Bend, stoop, and reach frequently and occasionally climb ladders.
Push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, high boys, and pallet jacks.
Perform repetitious arm movement to prepare and package products.
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination.
Ability to operate meat cutting utensils and equipment.
Mental alertness necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
Knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures.
Knowledge of taste, content, and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies and procedures.
Operate computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules, and print labels.
Utilize knives, saws, cutters, grinders, and other cutting equipment.
Utilize cleaning supplies and equipment.
Utilize safety cutters.
Requires use of safety gloves.
Knowledge of profit and loss statements.
Must be able 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

Champion company and division customer service programs to meet or exceed division customer service goals.
Handle customer relations positively, including effective resolution of customer complaints and promoting personalized service.
Supervise the day-to-day functions of the meat department to achieve customer service, sales, and profit objectives.
Supervise, motivate, direct, train, and participate in the hiring of meat department personnel.
Monitor associate performance and recommend personnel actions (hiring, firing, layoff, disciplinary actions).
Schedule personnel to ensure adequate coverage, service levels, and meet department budgetary objectives.
Conduct daily inspections of all meat sections and initiate corrective measures for product quality, trimming, grinding, rotation, in-stock conditions, code date standards, and sanitation, safety, and security requirements.
Assist with all meat department duties including receiving, storage, cleaning, customer service, cutting, grinding, wrapping, packaging, and stocking.
Implement effective promotional and seasonal displays, and control shrink and expenses.
Accurately complete and monitor daily log sheets, purchase reports, sales and labor reports, and other required paperwork.
Maintain records on ad item movement.
Order, check, receive, and control inventory to ensure adequate levels, product quality, freshness, and prevent the sale of out-of-code products.
Take periodic inventories, process administrative paperwork, and maintain accurate department records.
Maintain and organize the meat department cooler and freezer.
Ensure product quality, trimming, grinding, packaging, labeling, rotation, and wrapping standards are met.
Ensure proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures, and monitoring product flow.
Comply with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, and company policies.
Follow company policy in pricing and handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items.
Comply with all federal, state, and local health, food handling, and safety regulations.
Check competitors for comparisons on prices, product variety, and merchandising procedures.
Assist customers by taking and filling special orders, making product suggestions, and engaging in suggestive selling.
Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of the sales floor, work area, freezer, cooler, equipment, and retail cases.
Answer and respond to incoming calls appropriately.
Receive and appropriately resolve customer complaints and report to the Store Director.
Attend required training.
Maintain and clean knives, scales, steamers, display cases, saws, meat tenderizers, slicers, cubers, and wrapping equipment.
Assist with implementing emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.
Ensure all associates are trained and instructed in the proper performance of work duties.
Monitor associate performance and report observations to the Store Director.
Resolve associate complaints and report to the Store Director.
Maintain confidentiality concerning associates, store sales, and other company information.
Perform all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.
Perform other necessary and required duties.