Temporary Meat Manager

Albertsons Companies•Stanwood, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides direct leadership to the meat department crew members and Seafood Manager. The manager is responsible for planning and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, coaching, administering discipline, providing training and development, rewarding crew members, addressing complaints, and resolving problems. The manager actively participates in, trains, and mentors crew members to enthusiastically demonstrate, educate, and sell fresh beef, pork, and poultry products. They also manage the training process for new meat crew members, ensuring completion of onboarding and department-specific training. Daily team huddles are conducted to communicate sales goals and reinforce guest service expectations. The manager writes and places orders for ingredients, products, and supplies, checks in orders, and stocks and organizes storage areas. They prepare meat products for sale by cutting, grinding, wrapping, and pricing, following company policies. Daily plans and weekly work schedules are created to anticipate business needs. The manager ensures the execution of meat programs and corporate promotions, controls inventory using FIFO principles, and is responsible for merchandise rotation and display maintenance to meet freshness guarantees. They coordinate POS maintenance, ensure displays are stocked, and maintain records for damaged/spoiled merchandise. Compliance with food and workplace safety regulations, and maintaining a safe, clean, and sanitary work area are essential. The role also involves acquiring product knowledge across departments to assist guests and staying updated on weekly specials and promotions. Cultivating a team-oriented work environment is crucial. The store operates seven days a week, requiring potential weekend, holiday, and shift work.

Requirements

2 years of department operations experience or equivalent education to be knowledgeable of the nature of every position within the department.
Required months of experience equal to journey-person level meat cutting.
Knowledge of fundamental management concepts, practices and procedures related to food service, merchandising and retail operations.
Expert knowledge of all products carried in the department including willingness to taste and evaluate beef, pork, seafood and poultry products.
Ability to follow instructions and procedures for proper handling of knives and other cutting equipment.
Strong work ethic with ability to follow instructions and procedures applying effective time management skills.
Ability to comprehend, interpret and analyze instructions, correspondence, government regulations, financial reports, legal documents, packing lists, manifests, pick sheets/fulfillment orders, inventory count sheets, movement/volume reports.
Proven success with mentoring, motivating and leading a team.
Math skills necessary, but not limited to: the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, follow recipes, gross margins, markup and percentages, analyzing variance, completing reports, budgeting labor and sales, completing sales transactions and calculating discounts.
Ability to use Microsoft Office suite.
Excellent communicator with ability to professionally and courteously interact with guests, crew members, store management team, corporate sales managers and leadership. This includes answering telephone calls and using in-store intercom system.
Ability to work with cleaning chemicals and detergents in order to clean and sanitize tools using without allergic reaction.
Ability to work around food ingredients, produce and spices without allergic reaction.
Must be at least 18 years of age due to equipment use and work environment.
Current State Food Handler’s Permit must be maintained.
Current county meat cutting license may be required.

Responsibilities

Provides direct leadership to meat department crew members and Seafood Manager including planning and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, coaching sessions and administering discipline when needed, providing training and development opportunities, rewarding crew members, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Actively participates, trains and mentors meat department crew members to enthusiastically demonstrate, educate and sell fresh beef, pork and poultry products.
Manages training process for all new meat crew members through their probationary period including completion of onboarding activities and department specific training videos on the in-house LMS. Completes and submits documentation to Human Resources including Fresh Sheets and New Hire Training Guides.
Conducts daily team huddles during each shift in order to communicate sales goals and to reinforce guest service expectations with all meat department crew members.
Writes and places orders for all ingredients, products and supplies. Checks in order when load is received and dates, stocks and organizes all dry storage, freezers and coolers.
Prepares beef, pork and poultry for sale by cutting, grinding, wrapping and pricing products following established department and company policies and procedures.
Writes daily plans and weekly work schedules that anticipate the needs of the business.
Ensures execution of all meat programs and corporate promotions at store level by working directly with the Meat Sales Manager on product selection and mix.
Controls and maintains inventory following FIFO principles in order to achieve consistent margin.
Responsible for rotation of merchandise and maintenance of displays ensuring our products meet our freshness guarantee at all times.
Coordinates validation, item authorization, sign making and all meat department related POS maintenance.
Ensures that all displays are properly stocked.
Maintains accurate records for damaged/spoiled merchandise in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Complies with all food and workplace safety rules and regulations.
Ensures safety, cleanliness, and sanitation of work area and equipment.
Works towards acquiring product knowledge within all departments in order to respond to guest questions and provide informative information about merchandise.
Stays updated on weekly specials, coupons and other company promotions that encourage an environment that delights our guests.
Works in and cultivates a team oriented work environment that inspires collaboration and cooperation.
Store is open seven days a week and may require weekend, holiday and shift work.