MEAT/ASST DEPT LEADER

Kroger Family of Companies; Thornton (CO); Presencial; USD 32.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a Meat Department Leader to drive exceptional customer service and sales performance in a fast-paced store environment. You will supervise associates, manage scheduling, and ensure product quality and freshness while maintaining safety and compliance standards.

Responsibilities include training staff, executing promotions, and developing a department business plan to meet and exceed targets.

Formación

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

Responsabilidades

• 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 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 makes customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions about products.
• Inform customers of produce specials and offer product samples.
• Review/inspect products for quality and freshness and take action when needed.
• Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve results.
• Create and execute sales promotions with store management.
• Inform and educate associates about promotions affecting 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 budgets, expense control, and profit/loss reviews.
• Schedule price changes and update shelf tags.
• Plan and organize inventory processes and CAO training for staff.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers and maintain logs.
• Reinforce safety programs and report safety risks or incidents.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

People management

Food safety knowledge

Educación

High School Diploma or GED

Descripción del empleo

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES - 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

QUALIFICATIONS 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)

$27.81 - $27.81 per hour