Meat Department Manager

Meat Department Supervisor Duties

Directing all department activities and providing administrative and technical supervision for meatcutters, meat cutting workers, and other personnel engaged in the various tasks associated with Meat Department operations.

Forecasting product demand.

Ensuring that all resale meats are trimmed, sorted, properly cut, packaged, rotated, priced, and displayed in professional and attractive manner.

Ensuring adequate supplies of processed meats and vendor packaged meats to meet customer demand at all times.

Using the DeCA automated cutting test program to establish prices, conduct price changes, prepare price and cost/mark-up lists, and perform inventory.

Designing and/or resetting promotional and seasonal displays.

Inspecting and ensuring the department processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms remain neat, orderly, and sanitary, and comply with current sanitation and safety regulations.

Inspecting equipment and initiating required maintenance.

Ensuring everyone follows proper safety practices while using power tools, knives, grinding equipment, etc.

Work conditions:

Most of the work is performed in the store display area, which is well lighted and maintained at a comfortable temperature.

May be exposed to unusually cold temperatures in the receiving, storage and meat processing areas.

May be exposed to differing temperatures when storing items in or retrieving them from refrigerated rooms.

There is a danger of injuries resulting from using electric meat processing equipment, lifting heavy products, or slipping on wet floors.