Assistant Meat Manager

Job Description

Assistant Meat Manager

Meat Department

Meat Department Manager

NON-EXEMPT

$27.90/hr

• Flexible Hours
• Employee Discount
• 10 Paid Holidays (including 2 days for your birthday)
• Medical/Vision/Dental Package
• Free Life Insurance
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Voluntary Insurance Plans (Life, Disability, Cancer, Accidental)
• Long Term Disability
• Matching 401K
• Management Bonuses

* For qualifying positions

The Assistant Meat Manager is primarily responsible for assisting and working with the Meat Manager in all aspects of the department’s operations. In the absence of the Meat Manager, the Assistant Meat Manager assumes the responsibilities of overseeing the total Meat Department.

Based on experience, knowledge and expertise, the Assistant Meat Manager is responsible for assisting the Meat Manager in maintaining and overseeing the Meat, Poultry, Fish, Seafood and related frozen areas. The Assistant Meat Manager is also responsible for supervising as well as training and retraining all Meat Department personnel.

Work performance is either reviewed directly or generally by the Meat Manager, Store Director and the Administrative Meat Supervisor. The Assistant Meat Manager is evaluated by the Meat Manager and is reviewed by the Store Director and the Administrative Meat Supervisor.

The Assistant Meat Manager receives direct supervision and guidance from the Meat Manager, Store Director and also the Meat Division Administrative which includes but is not limited to review of work and planning of departmental goals.

The Assistant Meat Manager seeks assistance from the Meat Manager, Store Director, Meat Division and other Administrative Staff.

An Assistant Meat Manager is promoted from the Journeyman Meat Cutter position, and this position may lead to Meat Department Manager or Store Level Management positions.

• Supervises the following job classifications
  • Journeyman Meat Cutter
  • Apprentice Meat Cutter
  • Fish Cutter
  • Meat Manager
• Supervises Meat Personnel in their daily tasks, communications and new procedures.
• Authorized to sign and approve the following items pertaining to the Meat Department
  • All deliveries and orders
  • Invoices and clearing of invoices
  • Price changes
  • Merchandise credits
  • Personnel Information Forms
  • Employee evaluations
    
    Accident reports
  • Building Maintenance job orders
  • Damage claim forms
  • Other documents as authorized
• Supervises and assists in all phases of the Meat Department.
• Cuts all wholesale or bloc-redi meats into retail cuts. Trims and trays all meats for retail sale.
• Cuts and trays all fish, poultry, frozen meats and smoked meats.
• Prepares ground meats, prepared foods and all variety meats (offals) for retail sale
• Maintains and services the meat display cases by:
  • Fills, stocks, and replenishes as needed.
  • Polices meat, seafood, poultry and frozen display cases.
  • Arranges displays in meat display cases.
• Supervises and assists in the clean up of the prep room, storage areas, tools and equipment. Reports any faulty or hazardous conditions to the Meat Department Manager.
• Performs the duties of the Meat Manager during that person’s absence by:
  • Receives merchandise
  • Checks on shortages, product condition and quality, damages and overages.
  • Checks for any discrepancies on the merchandise and reports it to the Meat Manager.
  • Assists in the training of all new employees.
  • Releases transfers to other stores with the authorization of the Meat Manager or other authorized personnel.
  • Provides and cares for personal knives (steak and boning) and steel for smoothing the edges of the knives.
  • Periodically checks on the required temperature of the freezer walk-in, chill walk-in, prep room, freezer display cases, meat chill display cases, poultry chill display cases and the seafood display cases.
  • Services customers and prepares orders, advises the Meat Manager of stock condition, and orders certain categories of meats as authorized by the Meat Manager.
  • Cares for and cleans all display cases.
• Understand and abide by all company policies and procedures.

• Takes weekly and or monthly inventory as required.
• Maintains and develops proper and efficient…