Meat & Seafood Team Leader - Earth Fare Boone

Hulsing Enterprises; Boone (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401k and Retirement Planning

Paid Time Off

20% Store Discount and discounted hot/

Flexible Scheduling

Job summary

Earth Fare Boone is seeking an Experienced Meat and Seafood Team Leader to guide a department with a focus on quality, safety, and customer service. You will supervise in-house meat cutting, maintain proper presentation, and lead a team to meet financial goals while ensuring clean, organized work areas.

The role requires 2–3 years of grocery meat department experience, knowledge of safety standards, and the ability to manage inventory, schedules, and vendor deliveries in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Proficient knowledge of meat and seafood varieties, cuts, and proper storage/display.
• Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, and knife/saw usage in preparation.
• Experience managing shrink, sales, gross-profit and department overhead.
• 2-3 years minimum experience as a professional meat cutter/butcher.
• 2-3 years grocery retail experience within Meat Department preferred.
• OSHA ServSafe certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Training & development: communicate Earth Fare goals to team members and support training.
• Production: supervise in-house meat cutting and ensure quality display.
• Operational tasks: manage deliveries, scheduling, reports, and inventory.
• Merchandising: maintain attractive sales floor with merchandising guidelines.
• Department conditions: keep department clean, organized, and sanitary.

Skills

Meat & seafood knowledge

Food safety & sanitation

Shrink, sales, gross profit management

Team leadership

Job description

Job Details: Level: Experienced, Job Location: Earth Fare Boone - Boone, NC 28607, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: Not Specified, Salary Range: $20.00 - $28.00 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.

Meat and Seafood Team Leader

Contributions

• Training & Development: Communicates the Earth Fare vision, standard operating procedures, merchandising guidelines, and financial goals to Team Members, with strong emphasis on customer service, safety and sanitation. Interviews, selects, trains, and supports team members. The Meat and Seafood Team Leader also acts as a key holder to support overall store operations.
• Production: Supervises and participates in the production of in-house meat cutting with extensive knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts. Maintains proper presentation and display of quality meat and seafood items. Ensures high standards of quality control.
• Operational Tasks: Ordering and receiving deliveries; scheduling; checking daily and weekly sales/movement reports, shrink reports, emails and responding accordingly; conducting monthly department inventory. Continually find ways to reduce expenses.
• Merchandising: Develops and maintains an attractive sales floor by implementing Earth Fare merchandising guidelines.
• Department Conditions: Maintains cleanliness, sanitation, and overall organization of the department including all fixtures, storage, work stations, freezers, and coolers.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Proficient knowledge of meat and seafood varieties and cuts. Understanding of food safety, sanitation and proper storage/display of organic products.
• Understanding of food safety, sanitation, and proper use of knives, saws and other equipment used in meat and seafood preparation.
• Proven success managing shrink, sales, gross-profit and total overhead of a department in a similar environment required.
• 2-3 years minimum experience as a professional meat cutter/butcher.
• 2-3 years minimum grocery retail experience within the Meat Department preferred.
• Perishable experience and OSHA ServSafe Certification preferred.

Environmental Conditions & Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to bend, reach, stoop, kneel and squat
• Must be able to push, pull, and maneuver heavy loads
• Works in a fast-paced environment with a focus on customer service.
• May work in environments of extreme cold and extreme heat for short periods of time.
• May travel periodically for meetings.
• Must be able to stand and be on one's feet during the workday

Why Work for Earth Fare?

Great Benefits

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance for full-time employees
• 401k and Retirement Planning
• Paid Time Off
• 20% Store Discount and discounted hot bar and salad bar
• Flexible Scheduling

Supportive Working Environment

Our Team Members and Leadership work together to co-create a working environment where each persons unique traits and talents are valued. We believe that every persons role is important and that clear communication and respect for one another are paramount to shaping our experience at work each day.

Opportunities for Growth

Empowering and developing our Team Members is integral to our company values. We ensure that each person has the support, tools, and knowledge to master their current roles. We encourage our Team Members to express interest in learning new skills and pursuing opportunities for advancement.

Community Relationships

We encourage our Team Members to cultivate community relationships that will positively impact our neighbors, partners, and the environment. We do this through a conscious effort to partner with outside organizations and host supportive community events.