Meat-Seafood Manager

Meat-Seafood Manager

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We are committed to a culture of belonging and fostering an inclusive environment where we celebrate differences. As a great place to work, we empower everyone to be their full, authentic selves.

Manages the daily operations of meat and seafood departments. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides and is accountable to fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Executes merchandising plans as outlined in department planners, toolkits or event packs. Teach, coach and train meat cutters on standards and trim specs. Accountable for fresh meat cutting standards, meat trim, tray weights and ground beef processing and logs.

Maintains core assortment and meat case flow-gram. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team. This is a working management position that requires a balance of physical labor, delegation, team building and leadership, planning, and administrative work.

• Department OSAT – Gauges the customer experience in each respective area of the business. Focus on Assortment, Cleanliness, Freshness, Staff Friendliness and Stock Availability.
• Sales to Purchase % – Ensures the department is profitable by forecasting correctly and ordering as needed.
• Production Planning Compliance % – Positions the department for strong sales by providing good information into the system to extract the best data out of the system.

Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to help build and retain customer confidence and loyalty. Ensures the department is merchandised per plan. Delivers daily conditions that meet the company’s expectations for at shelf product availability, freshness, quality and value. Trains department associates on freshness, inventory levels, stocking and ordering and shelf conditioning. Offers customers assistance in finding or suggesting product.

Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled.

Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information. Establishes goals for merchandising, sales and profits and empowers the team to meet or exceed the goals. Works with store leadership to hire associates as needed and manage their performance and development. This role is the subject matter expert for meat and seafood.

Manages schedules to ensure tasks are completed in a cadence that ensures the highest levels of customer service and conditions during peak hours. Adheres to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines.

Completes daily and weekly administrative tasks (communications, online training, scheduling, pricing changes, orders, etc.) Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory. Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items. Plans, organizes and performs the inventory process. Utilizes production planning tools to accurately produce fresh products and ensures discarding or markdown processes are followed to reduce shrink.

Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperate logs per policy. Merchandises the department consistent with company guidelines to maximize sales, minimize shrink, and cater to the community.

Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), and Department of Agriculture (DOA). Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access.

Reinforces safety…