Meat Specialist

Responsibilities

• Analysis and planning of members meat operations.
• Initial and follow-up training of meat managers on standards.
• Coordinate a profitable merchandising program for each new and remodeled members meat department as requested.
• Monitor competitive market areas.
• Complete all required communications (written or verbal).
• Monitor agreed upon merchandising and production objectives with AWG retailers.
• Establish and monitor a retailer timetable for all store openings.
• Reading all essential documentation.
• Comprehending all verbal and written communication.
• Performing all physical tasks pertaining to Meat operations (bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, lifting, driving, sitting for extended periods in a car, etc.).

• Knowledge:
  General meat background, to include meat cutting, merchandising, and P&L training. Good oral communication skills, good written communication skills. Computer skills to include Google Drive and email, Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Abilities:
  Communicate effectively verbally and in writing; read, understand, and communicate manuals and written instructions; perform basic mathematical calculations. Analyze data and develop action plans. Build sales plans and merchandising programs. Experience, Education and Training: A retail background in meat, or the equivalent training.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Perform bending, squatting, kneeling, lifting, and reaching from a floor level to six feet in height. Periods of sitting in an automobile in travel to members stores distances up to 300 miles.
• Working Environment:
  Indoors; heating and cooling regulated; at times experience extreme heat and cold (freezers, ovens); work with some possibly hazardous equipment (slicers, fryers, ovens); adequate lighting and ventilation.