MEAT/ASST DEPT LEADER

King Soopers; Parker (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

King Soopers is seeking a Meat Department leader to deliver outstanding customer experiences through exceptional service and a safe, clean environment. You will monitor all department functions, drive sales and profits, manage inventory, scheduling, and staff development while upholding core values of respect, integrity, and safety.

Responsibilities include promoting promotions, training staff, ensuring product quality, and maintaining temperatures and safety logs.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral/written communication required.
• Ability to handle stressful situations in a fast-paced retail meat department.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Promote trust and respect among associates with a positive attitude.
• Communicate department information to associates and management.
• Establish department goals and empower staff to meet targets through teamwork.
• Develop scheduling to manage customer volume and ensure coverage.
• Train associates on performance and participate in appraisals.
• Create welcoming environment for customers and respond to questions about products.
• Inform customers of specials and offer samples to encourage discovery.
• Inspect products for quality and freshness; take corrective action as needed.
• Plan and implement a department business plan and promotions with store management.
• Educate staff about promotions and seasonal activities.
• Assist budgeting, expense control, and review of financial reports.
• Plan price changes and update shelf tags and signs.
• Coordinate inventory, CAO processes, and identify stocking discrepancies.
• Maintain proper temperatures and log records; enforce safety procedures.
• Report safety risks or violations and follow safety guidelines.
• Adhere to laws and company policies; perform essential functions with/without accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Monitor all functions, duties and activities in the Meat department.
• Maintain safe, clean environment and verify temperatures in cases and coolers.
• Support promotions and seasonal sales initiatives with department staff.
• Schedule and organize inventory, CAO and stock levels; train associates."
• Prepare and submit departmental critiques and participate in performance reviews.
• Assist management with budget planning, expense control and P&L reviews.

Skills

Excellent communication

Handle stressful situations

Math skills

People leadership

Customer service

Safety awareness

Scheduling and planning

Training and development

Team collaboration

Product knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

CAO

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Achieve sales and profit goals established for the department and control all established quality assurance standards. Monitor all functions, duties and activities related to the Meat department. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Minimum

• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Current food handlers permit once employed
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction)

Desired

• High School Diploma or GED
• Any meat/retail experience
• Any management experience
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)
• Promote trust and respect among associates, with a positive attitude
• Communicate company, department, and job specific information to associates
• Establish department performance goals and empower associates to meet or exceed targets through teamwork
• Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume
• Train and develop associates on their job performance and participate in the performance appraisal process
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store; respond to questions, make suggestions, and locate products
• Inform customers of produce specials and offer product samples to help customers discover new items
• Review/inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action
• Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results
• Create and execute sales promotions in partnership with store management
• Inform and educate department associates about current, upcoming and special in-store promotions, especially promotions that affect the department
• Prepare and submit seasonal critiques for the sales and merchandising supervisor
• Implement the period promotional plan for the department
• Assist management in preparing the store/department budget, expense control, profit and loss reviews, and take appropriate action on all financial reports
• Schedule daily, weekly and monthly price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs
• Plan and organize the inventory process, maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions, note any discrepancies, train department associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO)
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, practicing preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment, notifying store management of any items in need of repair and of customer or employee accidents
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
• Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation