Assistant Meat Department Manager

Assistant Meat Department Manager

Application for the Assistant Meat Department Manager role at Hy‑Vee, Inc.

Additional Considerations (if Any)

Must be 18+

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 Title: Assistant Meat Department Manager

Department: Meat

FLSA: Non‑Exempt

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Assists Department Manager to present the freshest most innovative and best quality products at a competitive retail price to customers.

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

Accountable and

Reports to:

District Store Director;
Assistant Managers Operations;
Perishables;
Health Wellness Home, Meat Department Manager

Positions that Report to you:
Meat Specialists, Meat Wrap Coordinators, Clerks

• 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)
• escort 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.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Ensures department standards are met.
• Reviews the status and appearance of product for freshness and pulls by stale date.
• Ensures display case product is rotated and replenished.
• Prepares cutting lists for case fills. Offers meal solutions, and gives advice on preparation to customers.
• Handles and satisfies customer issues.
• Conducts cutting tests.
• Orders new items (not strictly replenishment).
• Ensures proper temperatures and storage procedures are maintained to guarantee freshness and control shrink of product.
• Trains new employees.
• Tenderizes, grinds, and cuts merchandise.
• 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.
• Wraps, weighs, and labels product.
• Performs cleaning in the department.
• Provides input on goals and pricing.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

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

• 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, Computer meat program, Hy‑Vee food safety training, Cornell Home Study food safety course (Effective 03/07/96), Dale Carnegie is encouraged. Over one year of related work experience preferred.

• Must be physically able to exert up to 100 pounds of force (energy exerted) occasionally; exert up to 50 pounds of force…