Meat Dept Lead — Customer-First, Flexible Hours

foodcityinternship; Owens Cross Roads (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee stock ownership plan

Weekly pay checks with direct deposit

Medical plan with wellness benefits

Dental plan

Paid holidays

Paid vacations

Associate offers

Job summary

Food City is seeking an engaged frontline team member for the Meat Department who will help deliver exceptional customer service and support the store mission to Run the Best Store in Town. You will assist in schedules, inventory, pricing, and merchandising while upholding sanitation standards and policies.

The role emphasizes teamwork, flexibility for evenings and weekends, and a positive, approachable attitude to create a friendly shopping environment for customers and colleagues alike.

Qualifications

• Must be knowledgeable in various training methods.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and/or written instructions, perform routine and repetitive tasks, and have constant contact/interaction with various levels of individuals on a daily basis.
• Flexibility in work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to lead by example to give Food City Customers their best shopping experience.
• Knowledge of Food City policies and procedures.
• Ability to attend on-site work during scheduled shifts to adhere to company time and attendance policies.

Responsibilities

• Always provide and promote exceptional customer service in support of the company mission to “Run the Best Store in Town!”
• Lead by example and set the standard for customer service, associate relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and overall profitability
• Maintain a positive attitude; create an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork.
• Generate a positive, friendly, and fun working environment with a customer first initiative by encouraging associates to greet and speak to customers, provide prompt, courteous, and efficient customer service.
• Interact professionally with management team, associates, supervision, and customers
• Supervise the cutting room and assist the meat manager in enforcing and maintaining the company food safety program
• Assist in making schedules
• Assist in ordering and maintaining inventory level according to the department’s daily needs
• Maintain proper pricing
• Merchandise all meat department products
• Assist in weekly cutting test and profit projections
• Assist in taking meat inventory
• Assist in all departmental paperwork
• Keep workstation and area around workstation neat and clean
• Assist in stocking and rotation of processed meat products
• Take telephone orders from customers
• Wrapping and weighing meat products
• Assist in maintaining all policies and procedures including all local, state, and federal regulations as it pertains to the Meat department
• Assist in training new associates
• Maintain a clean and safe department according to company standards utilizing Sanitation schedules and daily to-do lists
• Other duties may be assigned as needed

Skills

Training methods

Instruction follow-through

Flexibility

Problem solving

Lead by example

Policy knowledge

Attendance

Job description

Food City is seeking an engaged frontline team member for the Meat Department who will help deliver exceptional customer service and support the store mission to Run the Best Store in Town. You will assist in schedules, inventory, pricing, and merchandising while upholding sanitation standards and policies.

The role emphasizes teamwork, flexibility for evenings and weekends, and a positive, approachable attitude to create a friendly shopping environment for customers and colleagues alike.