Store Coordinator Meat

Fresh Thyme Market•Plymouth, MN

About The Position

The Store Coordinator Meat plans, directs, and supervises team members in the day-to-day operations of the meat department. The role delivers exceptional customer service while managing ordering, receiving, stocking, and displaying products to maximize profits. It also maintains department cleanliness and follows food-safety processes. The coordinator supports staffing and hiring, team-member development, succession planning, and disciplinary recommendations. In the Department Manager’s absence, the coordinator supervises, trains, and manages the department team, ensuring proper product handling and rotation, accurate pricing, ad compliance, organized backroom conditions, and satisfactory sales-floor standards. The role monitors department sales, labor, margins, supply costs, and shrink, and uses customer feedback and financial information to support decisions. The position requires reliable attendance, completion of required training and certifications, and a safe-work focus. Physical demands include continuous standing and walking, frequent driving, balancing, and reaching, and occasional bending, climbing, crawling, crouching, kneeling, twisting, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and pushing and pulling. Some extreme temperatures and ventilation or exhaust fans may be present.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
2–3 years of related retail experience.
One year of management experience.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clear and precise direction to team members.
Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict by addressing root causes.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use it to make informed decisions.
Demonstrated ability to consult with customers on matters related to the department.
Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely.
Demonstrated ability to mentor team members, including those in hourly positions.
Successful completion of all required certifications.
ServSafe certification.
Reliable and consistent attendance.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the natural foods industry.

Responsibilities

Assist with scheduling, staffing selection, and hiring to meet staffing needs.
Promote succession planning, identify development needs, provide career paths, and participate in promotion decisions.
Support disciplinary actions and make recommendations concerning discharge.
Meet department P&L goals, including sales, labor, and margin plans.
Review sales goals, supply costs, stock-loss and shrink results, and related goals.
Model exceptional, fast, and friendly customer service; review customer surveys and recent feedback.
Prepare, package, stock, and display merchandise appropriately, and maintain price-change compliance.
Follow food-safety requirements and order manually ordered items.
In the Department Manager’s absence, supervise, train, and manage the department team.
Ensure products are washed, bundled, trimmed, rotated, and faced according to department procedures.
Remove inferior or out-of-code products from sale and display.
Ensure products are accurately priced and sale prices are current.
Consult with customers about department products as needed.
Execute advertising-set requirements, including signage.
Keep the backroom neat and organized and meet sales-floor condition expectations.
Ensure department team members are trained in all aspects of their jobs and complete required training.
Promote a safe work environment.
Maintain reliable and consistent attendance.
Use the production planner and Fresh Dashboard properly.
Perform other daily tasks as required.