Delicatessen Assistant Department Manager

Additional Considerations (if any)

Night & Weekend Shifts Required

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description:

Job Title: Assistant Delicatessen Department Manager

Department: Delicatessen

FLSA: Non-Exempt

As an Assistant Delicatessen Manager, this position will be responsible for assisting Department Manager to present the freshest most innovative and best quality products at a competitive retail price to customers. Additionally you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members.

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Accountable and

Reports to:

District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Manager of;
Perishables, Store Operations, and Health Wellness Home;
Food Service Director;
Delicatessen Department Manager

Positions that Report to you:
Delicatessen Department Employees

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
  • Assists customers by: (examples include)
  • Escorting them to the products they’re looking for
  • Securing products that are out of reach
  • Loading or unloading heavy items
  • Making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests
  • Performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking product orders.
• Checks orders for the day and sets up a timeline and production schedule.
• Reviews the status and appearance of product for freshness and pulls by stale date.
• Ensures department standards are met.
• Prepares product and determines placement in case.
• Promotes and coordinates catering including working with other departments, delivery and set-up
• Assigns duties to part time crew as needed.
• Reviews day of week for gross potential.
• Reviews future sales weeks and plans for events/production
• Adjusts pricing in store computer system.
• Trains new employees.
• Handles and satisfies customer issues
• Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat, and maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

• Assumes management duties in absence of Department Manager.
• Assists with inventory procedures.
• Orders product and supplies as needed.
• Verifies product received, posts invoices, and maintains record of outdates for credit
• Determines what products to use for sampling.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

• Must have the ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
• Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Must have the ability to file, post, and mail materials; copy data from one record to another; interview to obtain basic information; guide people and provide basic direction.

High school or equivalent experience and over six months up to one year of similar or related experience.

• Instructs, assigns, reviews and plans work of others.
• Maintains standards, coordinates activities, and allocates personnel.

• Must be physically able to perform medium work exerting up to 50 pounds…