Seafood Department Lead & Team Mentor

Haggen, Inc.; Mount Vernon (WA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Haggen, Inc. in Mount Vernon, WA is seeking a Seafood Department Supervisor to lead a crew, plan work, coach performance, and drive sales across fresh seafood, service meat and chef express products.

You will manage onboarding, daily huddles, ordering, stocking, pricing and FIFO inventory to sustain freshness and margins. The role requires strong communication, mentoring, and analytical skills to maintain quality, safety and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of fundamental management concepts, practices and procedures related to food service, merchandising and retail operations.
• Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in the department including willingness to taste and evaluate seafood, chef express, beef, pork and poultry products.
• Ability to follow instructions and procedures for proper handling of knives and other cutting equipment.
• Strong work ethic with ability to follow instructions and procedures applying effective time management skills.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret and analyze instructions, correspondence, government regulations, financial reports, legal documents, packing lists, manifests, pick sheets/fulfillment orders, inventory count sheets, movement/volume reports.
• Proven success with mentoring, motivating and leading a team.
• Math skills necessary, but not limited to: the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, follow recipes, gross margins, markup and percentages, analyzing variance, completing reports, budgeting labor and sales, completing sales transactions and calculating discounts.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent communicator with ability to professionally and courteously interact with guests, crew members, store management team, corporate sales managers and leadership.
• Ability to work with cleaning chemicals and detergents in order to clean and sanitize tools using without allergic reaction.
• Ability to work around food ingredients, produce and spices without allergic reaction.
• Must be at least 18 years of age due to equipment use and work environment.
• Current State Food Handler’s Permit must be maintained.

Responsibilities

• Lead seafood department crew members including planning and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, coaching sessions and administering discipline when needed.
• Mentor seafood department crew members to demonstrate, educate and sell fresh seafood, service meat and chef express products.
• Manage training process for all new seafood crew members through probationary period including onboarding activities and LMS training materials.
• Conduct daily team huddles to communicate sales goals and reinforce guest service expectations.
• Write and place orders for all ingredients, products and supplies; check in orders, manage stocks and organize storage.
• Prepare seafood, service meat and chef express products for sale by filleting, wrapping and pricing.
• Write daily plans and weekly schedules.
• Ensure seafood programs and promotions are executed at store level with the Seafood Sales Manager.
• Control and maintain inventory using FIFO to protect margins.
• Rotate merchandise and maintain displays to meet freshness guarantees.
• Coordinate validation, item authorization, POS maintenance and signage.
• Ensure displays are properly stocked and records for damaged/spoiled merchandise are maintained.
• Comply with food and workplace safety rules and regulations; maintain cleanliness and sanitation.
• Build product knowledge across departments to answer guest questions and promote merchandise.
• Stay updated on weekly specials and promotions to delight guests.
• Foster a team-oriented environment and support collaboration.
• Store operates seven days a week and may require weekend/holiday shifts.

Skills

Management concepts

Strong work ethic

Communication

Math skills

MS Office

Tools

LMS training

Job description

Haggen, Inc. in Mount Vernon, WA is seeking a Seafood Department Supervisor to lead a crew, plan work, coach performance, and drive sales across fresh seafood, service meat and chef express products.

You will manage onboarding, daily huddles, ordering, stocking, pricing and FIFO inventory to sustain freshness and margins. The role requires strong communication, mentoring, and analytical skills to maintain quality, safety and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced retail environment.