Meat - Assistant Department Manager Meat

Safeway Canada; Calgary; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% in-store discount

Health and dental benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Employee share ownership plan

Job summary

Sobeys Inc. is seeking a Meat Department Supervisor in Alberta. Reporting to the Meat Department Manager, you will assist in daily operations and deliver outstanding service to customers. You will coach staff to provide superior meat cuts and support training with leadership skills.

Ideal candidates bring excellent communication, strong organizational abilities, and a background in meat retail, with availability days, evenings, and weekends.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.
• Minimum of 12 months of meat retail experience.
• Excellent customer service skills are essential.
• Strong communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to coach staff and lead in managerial absence.

Responsibilities

• Provide customer service to meet customer needs
• Supervise meat personnel in the absence of the Meat Manager
• Promote an employee culture of coaching and development
• Complete customer meat orders
• Receive meat orders
• Perform daily meat preparation
• Merchandise the Meat Department
• Implement SMART retailing (Atlantic)
• Maintain sanitation standards
• Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
• Perform administrative duties as required

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Leadership

Staff coaching

Multitasking

Independent work

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community.

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise partners operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.

Reporting to the Meat Department Manager, you will assist in managing the daily operations of the Department while providing outstanding service to our customers.

As the ideal candidate, you will have excellent communication and organizational skills. You will demonstrate outstanding customer service while you coach staff to provide superior cuts of meat. With the support of the Department Manager, you will utilize your leadership skills to assist with training employees.[PJ1]

Ready to start fresh?

Here’s Where You’ll Have An Impact

• Provide customer service to meet customer needs
• Supervise meat personnel in the absence of the Meat Manager
• Promote an employee culture of coaching and development
• Complete customer meat orders
• Receive meat orders
• Perform daily meat preparation
• Merchandise the Meat Department
• Implement SMART retailing (Atlantic)
• Maintain sanitation standards
• Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
• Perform administrative duties as required

What You Bring To The Table

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Above average oral and written communication skills
• Good work ethic and ability to multitask
• High School Diploma
• Minimum of 12 months of experience/Previous meat retail experience
• Excellent customer service skills
• Thorough understanding of Health and Safety legislation, policies and practices is an asset
• Post-secondary certification is an asset
• Available days, evenings, and weekends

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Total Rewards

We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive

• health and dental benefits
• retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan
• a 10% in-store discount at participating banners
• virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program
• learning and development opportunities
• parental leave top-up
• paid vacation

Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.

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Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.

Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.