Meat Operations Specialist

Albertsons Companies • Pleasanton, CA

13d • $70,304 - $96,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Albertsons-Safeway's Northern California Market has an opening for a Meat Operations Specialist. This role is based in Truckee, CA and directly supports 18 retail stores' Meat department operations in the Reno/Tahoe area (District 14), including retail stores in Washoe, Plumas, Placer, El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Churchill, Douglas, Mineral, and Pershing counties. The Operations Specialist monitors, enforces, and supports execution of the division merchandising plan for their department in assigned stores.

Requirements

• Must possess previous Department Manager and Store Director experience
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills and deal effectively with a wide variety of people both in-person and over the phone
• Possess a marketing orientation, good analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Possess math skills to complete straightforward analysis
• Possess strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and motivate others without directly supervising
• Provide work guidance to store associates in areas such as product knowledge, sales and marketing techniques, understanding of profit and loss and compliance with company policies
• Trains department managers on the basics of the business and managing their department
• Provides input to Store Director on Store Department Manager evaluation

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field and/or previous experience in merchandising of assigned product area and retail sales experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Travels to assigned stores working with the Department Manager and staff to share merchandising plans for departments to meet sales, gross, and labor targets
• Works with and counsels department managers and Store Directors in all aspects of product merchandising and customer service
• Visits stores and evaluates on overall department presentation, cleanliness, and compliance to company policy and procedures
• Develops and maintains training programs that will ensure the availability of qualified associates to fill respective departments’ positions in the company
• Participates in departmental and divisional sales meetings
• Oversees departmental sales, labor, and gross profit reporting from assigned stores
• Implements new merchandising programs and strategies and makes sure department staff is properly trained
• Monitors competitor activities
• Assists in opening new and remodeled stores
• Provides merchandising input back to Division Sales Managers and Assistant Sales Manager
• Measures: Store-level performance through department sales, gross profit, and labor percent
• Executes plans measured through store visits, reviewing results of plans, and observing store department conditions
• Determines success of training programs by reviewing and assessing evaluations

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive work culture
• Competitive pay with weekly payroll
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Comprehensive benefits for eligible associates, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), and more
• Paid time off: vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth & development
• medical
• dental
• vision
• disability and life insurance
• sick pay
• PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off
• paid holidays
• bereavement pay
• retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility)

What This Job Offers

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