Meat Department Manager

Job Title: Meat Department Manager

SUMMARY

Maintain and supervise a profitable Meat Department of retail store by performing the following duties. Maintain profitability and production standards. Promote the general welfare of the store.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Safety sensitive position for drug and alcohol testing. Provide excellent customer service. Follow company Policies and procedures.
• Prepares daily schedule and directs activities of employees. Conducts in-service training for employees.
• Keeps record of current sales prices of food items and total sales volume. Stays competitive in pricing for area. Prepares market activity reports for management. Estimates requirements to maintain good variety of products. Orders merchandise from warehouse and suppliers.
• Checks in merchandise, verifies quantities, and prepares paperwork.
• Cuts, trims, and bones carcass sections or prime cuts to reduce to cooking cuts such as roasts, steaks, chops, stew cubes, and grinding meat. Ability to accurately perform cutting test. Cleans, cuts, and weigh meats, fish and poultry. Shapes, laces, and ties meat cuts by hand to form roasts. Places meat in containers to be wrapped and displayed. Affixes required labels to products. Places meat on trays in display counter. Wraps and Weights meat for special orders. Unloads meat from delivery truck and stores meat into refrigerator.
• Cleans and sanitizes shelves, bins, tables, coolers, grinders, meat containers and work areas to meet required regulations and company standards.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises 1 or more employees in the Meat Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

AGE

Must be over 18 years old.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or two years experience and training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in meat.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to smell. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 80 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.