Assistant Meat Manager

Job Title

Retail, Store Ops

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast and friendly customer service.

Assists customers by making product suggestions, filling special orders and food preparation suggestions.

Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques via telephone, in-store intercom, and one-on-one customer interaction.

Assists with planning daily operations, monitor production process following company procedures and profitability.

Trims, cuts, wraps, trays, and displays meat. Builds meat and seafood displays, rotates and discards outdated or spoiled product. Ensures cleanliness of work area and department.

Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays. May be responsible for the operation and maintenance of meat cooler, freezer, and butcher block.

Ability to follow and maintain department standards and requirements in handling quick sales items.

Assists with ensuring trim specifications and cutting standards are followed. Ensures temperatures are maintained in all phases of meat preparation, display and storage. Schedules, supervises, trains, and assigns duties to department employees.

Specific knowledge of duties performed by all department employees

Understands opening and closing department procedures.

Trains employees on store policies, sales and record keeping procedures.

Responsible for ensuring proper code dating for all products within the department are being enforced.

Assists with preparing sales and inventory reports. Physical inventory taken every 4 weeks.

Controls shrink and cost.

Assists with controlling inventory to ensure adequate product quantity, quality and freshness and maintains inventory levels according to division directives. Stocks and rotates product. Maintains and organizes meat cooler.

Implements correct product preparation techniques. Uses and operates related equipment such as pallet jack, hand truck, scissors, knives, grinder, saw, saw blades safety cutters and cuber.

Assists with accurately completing, maintaining, and monitoring daily log sheet, Production Chart, Meat Grinding Log, Sales and Labor and other required paperwork and logs.

Performs receiving duties including breaking downloads, verifying orders using invoices, inspecting quality, reporting shortages, stocking, and rotating product. Adheres to product temperature and storage guidelines and follows proper packaging techniques. Processes administrative paperwork and maintains accurate department records.

Ensures that proper temperature levels for product are maintained. Ensures proper signing of products to include accurate pricing and Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, Company, and code dating policies.

Complies with all workplace safety rules and regulations.

Ensures safety, cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, freezer, cooler, equipment, cutting room and display area, including code date compliance as required.

Implements emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.

May attend and participate in sales meetings. Communicates sales goals, department performance and sales opportunities to department employees to ensure positive results.

Complies with and ensures compliance with company grooming standards and dress code.

Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.

Other necessary and required duties.

Skills and Physical Requirements:

Requires strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain professional demeanor regarding customers and co-workers.

Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Meat Department policies and procedures.

Ability to frequently reach, lift and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 60 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare, package and display products.

Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.

Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, product handling, sanitation, labeling and department policies and procedures.

Operates telephone, pallet jack, hand truck, knives, scissors, grinder, cuber, saw, saw blades and safety cutters. Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment.

Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order product.

May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.

Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to equipment and work aids necessary to perform job duties.

Work Environment:

Generally, works in a temperature-controlled environment. Frequent exposure to refrigerated conditions and items at or around 35.

About Us

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey! Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson's Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico's Community Markets, King's, Balducci's, and Albertson's Market Street. Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company's success. Bring your flavor Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table. Disclaimer The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process. Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at View phone number on click.appcast.io(option #4).