Meat Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets in Adelaide is seeking a dynamic Meat Department Manager to lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced grocery environment. You will tailor the store's service and product offering to meet local customer needs, while driving gross profit, cost control, and staff rostering.

The role requires significant fresh food knowledge, strong leadership, and a hands-on approach to coaching, training, and performance management.

Qualifications

• Significant fresh food retail knowledge.
• Experience in Meat Management is essential.
• Expertise in leading and managing team members.
• Ordering and cost control expertise.
• An excellent understanding of gross profit calculations.
• Accurate staff rostering.
• Passion and enthusiasm with a hands-on approach.
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to liaise with both team members and management.
• A flair for merchandising.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills.
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage team members.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• The successful applicant will treat the department as their own business and tailor service and product offers to local customers.
• Lead and manage team members to achieve store targets and service standards.
• Oversee ordering, inventory and cost control to protect gross margin.
• Prepare accurate staff rosters and monitor performance.
• Demonstrate excellence in customer service and communication with staff and customers.
• Coach, train and performance manage team members to drive improvement.
• Liaise with management to align store strategy and operations.
• Maintain merchandising standards and in-store presentation.
• Uphold health and safety standards across the department.

Skills

Fresh food knowledge

Meat management

Team leadership

Staff rostering

Customer service

Communication skills

Merchandising

Coaching

Problem solving

Health and safety

Job description

• Attractive salary package and incentives
• Dynamic growing company
• Potential for promotion

Exciting Career Opportunity

• Attractive salary package and incentives
• Dynamic growing company
• Potential for promotion

Drakes Supermarkets is a Retail industry success story. A family owned and operated private company, we are Australia's largest independently-owned supermarket chain. Due to our unprecedented growth, we provide excellent career opportunities within our company.

The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to treat the department as if it were their own business. They will be given the flexibility to tailor the stores service and products offering to meet the specific needs of the customers within the local area.

Working as a part of an enthusiastic team, in a highly competitive supermarket environment, applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• Significant fresh food retail knowledge
• Experience in Meat Management is essential
• Expertise in leading and managing team members
• Ordering and cost control expertise
• An excellent understanding of gross profit calculations
• Accurate staff rostering
• Passion and enthusiasm, with a very "hands on" approach
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to liaise with both team members and management
• A flair for merchandising
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage team members
• Commitment to work health and safety standards

To succeed within our organisation, applicants must be able to:

• Display a passion for fresh food within the grocery retail industry
• Express a positive "can do" attitude
• Problem solve
• Lead by example
• Motivate a team
• Communicate effectively with management, team members, customers and external stakeholders