POSITION TITLE: Meat Manager
DEPARTMENT: Meat
REPORTS TO: Store Director/Meat Supervisor
FLSA STATUS: Exempt – 45 Hours
JOB SUMMARY:
Direct and manage all functions and activities of Meat Department to achieve sales and profit goals.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- 1) Prepares a weekly schedule based on projected sales, volume and work load.
- 2) Along with Store Director, work out localized merchandising plans for the department.
- 3) Follow approved Meat Department plans for effective space management based on movement, consumer demand and profitability.
- 4) Order merchandise and control inventory to minimize out-of-stock and overstocks, and to maximize sales.
- 5) Follow approved procedures for receiving product, price marking and restocking cases to ensure quality protection, accuracy and product rotation.
- 6) Control department expenses.
- 7) Take action to control shrinkage and pilferage losses.
- 8) Effectively supervise, train, schedule, and conducts annual performance reviews on all Meat Department personnel.
- 9) Follow planned program of maintenance on cases, coolers refrigeration and meat department personnel.
- 10) Ensure favorable department image with customers through a clean, attractive and friendly department.
- 11) Maintain and submit required records, reports, and bi-weekly inventory.
- 12) Observe local conditions and competitive activity relating to the Meat Department and keep others informed.
- 13) Maintain good communications and competitive activity relating to the Meat Department and keep other informed.
- 14) Observe State and health regulations.
- 15) Ensure compliance to local, state, and government weights and measures, and labeling laws.
- 16) Ensure compliance to local, state, and government weights and labeling laws.
- 17) Greet all customers and be observant.
- 18) Must ensure that all employees follow proper “lock out/tag out” procedure while repairing or cleaning mechanical or electrical equipment.
- 19) Receive, weigh, and breakdown meat and related products.
- 20) Cut and trim all merchandise as directed by company standards.
- 21) Abide by all company policies as stated in the Employee Handbook.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- 1) High school education minimum requirement.
- 2) Ability to read and write to properly tag merchandise, order and maintain inventory and to insure proper rotations of product.
- 3) Above average analytical skills necessary to study and interpret various reports to keep the department profitable.
- 4) Should have at least two years experience as a meat cutter.
- 5) Must have excellent oral and written communications skills for dealing with customers, employees and vendors.