Assistant Meat & Seafood Team Lead - Earth Fare Roanoke

Hulsing Enterprises, LLC; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance

401k and retirement planning

Paid time off

Store discount

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

Earth Fare in Roanoke, VA is seeking an Assistant Meat and Seafood Team Leader to guide a dedicated team within the department. This role focuses on delivering exceptional customer service while maintaining product quality, safety, and display standards.

You will lead meat and seafood operations, supervise staff, and collaborate with store leadership to achieve financial goals, including gross profit, shrink, and labor efficiency.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts.
• Understanding of food safety, sanitation, and proper storage/display of organic products.
• Proven experience managing shrink, sales, gross profit, and department overhead.
• Minimum of 2–3 years experience as a professional meat cutter or butcher.
• 2–3 years grocery retail experience in a meat department preferred.
• OSHA or ServSafe certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Communicate Earth Fare vision, SOPs, merchandising guidelines, and financial goals.
• Emphasize customer service, safety, and sanitation standards.
• Interview, select, train, and support team members.
• Serve as a key holder to support overall store operations.
• Supervise and participate in in-house meat cutting and seafood preparation.
• Maintain knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts.
• Ensure proper presentation and display of meat and seafood products.
• Maintain high standards of quality control.
• Order and receive deliveries.
• Support scheduling and shift coverage.
• Review daily and weekly sales and movement reports.
• Monitor shrink reports and department communications.
• Conduct monthly department inventory.
• Identify opportunities to reduce expenses.
• Maintain an attractive sales floor following Earth Fare merchandising guidelines.

Skills

Meat & seafood knowledge

Customer service

Education

Grocery meat department experience preferred

Tools

Knives & cutting equipment

Job description

Job Details: Level: Management, Job Location: Earth Fare Roanoke - Roanoke, VA 24014, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: None, Salary Range: $19.00 - $22.00 Hourly, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Grocery, Earth Fare Team Leaders

At Earth Fare Our Team Leaders are managers who are responsible for modeling Earth Fares Mission, Conviction and Purpose, while developing and managing a successful team within their department. Team Leader responsibilities include adhering to the departments standard operating procedures; meeting and exceeding financial goals including gross profit, shrink, sales, labor and department over-head. Team Leaders are responsible for ensuring a clean, organized, and safe work environment.

Assistant Meat and Seafood Team Leader

Contributions

• Communicate Earth Fare vision, standard operating procedures, merchandising guidelines, and financial goals
• Emphasize customer service, safety, and sanitation standards
• Interview, select, train, and support team members
• Serve as a key holder to support overall store operations
• Supervise and participate in in-house meat cutting and seafood preparation
• Maintain knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts
• Ensure proper presentation and display of meat and seafood products
• Maintain high standards of quality control
• Order and receive deliveries
• Support scheduling and shift coverage
• Review daily and weekly sales and movement reports
• Monitor shrink reports and department communications
• Conduct monthly department inventory
• Identify opportunities to reduce expenses
• Maintain an attractive sales floor following Earth Fare merchandising guidelines
• Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of fixtures, storage areas, workstations, freezers, and coolers

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts
• Understanding of food safety, sanitation, and proper storage and display of organic products
• Understanding of proper use of knives, saws, and equipment used in meat and seafood preparation
• Proven experience managing shrink, sales, gross profit, and department overhead
• Minimum of two to three years experience as a professional meat cutter or butcher
• Two to three years grocery retail experience in a meat department preferred
• Perishable experience and OSHA or ServSafe certification preferred

Environmental Conditions and Physical Demands

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to bend, reach, stoop, kneel, and squat
• Ability to push, pull, and maneuver heavy loads
• Ability to stand and remain on feet throughout the workday
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment focused on customer service
• Ability to work in extreme cold or heat for short periods
• Ability to travel periodically for meetings

Why Work for Earth Fare

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance for full time employees
• 401k and retirement planning
• Paid time off
• Twenty percent store discount and discounted hot bar and salad bar
• Flexible scheduling

Working Environment

• Supportive and collaborative workplace
• Clear communication and mutual respect

Growth Opportunities

• Career development and advancement opportunities
• Support for learning new skills and expanding responsibilities

Community Relationships

• Engagement with local community partners
• Participation in community focused events