Meat Manager

Meat Manager

Company: Jetro / Restaurant Depot Location: 200 Cornell Drive, Wilmington, DE 19801 Job Type: Full-time Sector: Management Compensation: $18.50 - $19.12 an hour Position Title: Meat Manager Department: Meat Supervisor: Assistant Branch Manager / Branch Manager FL Status: Non-exempt (Paid by the hour)

Position Summary Responsible for receiving product and ensuring that aisles, freezers, and refrigerators are stocked, labeled, clean, and that delivered product is packed out and proper customer service is provided.

Essential Functions

• Ensure proper customer service and work to develop relationships with large customers.
• Supervise all activities in the meat department, including product placement, rotation, signage, and displays.
• Be responsible for overall department appearance, cleanliness, and adherence to both government and corporate ordinances.
• Maintain records as required.
• In the role of Meat Manager, oversee the Assistant Meat Manager (if applicable), Meat Supervisors (if applicable), and Stockers to assure that the meat department is operating in a manner that adheres to company standards.
• Develop schedules, monitor performance, and recommend the proper discipline as appropriate.
• Train employees in job responsibilities and safe operating procedures.
• Interview candidates and recommend for hires.
• Discipline employees when necessary and recommend terminations.
• Ensure that employees are performing the proper inspections to meet HACCP regulations as well as conducting periodic HACCP audits.
• Review inventory for product rotation on a daily basis to prevent shrinkage and damages.
• Ensure that shelf pricing is correct and reflects the most recent pricing and market conditions.
• Supervise the receiving of all Meat products and ensure that the proper paperwork is completed.
• Maintain accurate computer inventory levels by having physical inventories performed on a regular basis and adjustments made.
• Maintain refrigerated equipment and make sure maintenance contracts and schedules are followed.
• Supervise the ordering of Meat products from vendors on a regular basis to assure competitive pricing and minimal shrink due to spoilage, and not have too much inventory on hand.
• Make sure all employees in the department can work the equipment, such as the Toledo scale and Dennison label machine.
• Coordinate that the pallets stored in the racks have the proper block and date tags.
• Follow program to maintain the cleanliness of the area by a regular maintenance schedule of scrubbing and pulling out pallets and cleaning underneath.
• Ensure that excess inventory not slotted on the floor is stacked in overhead racks in close proximity to where it is sold or stored in freezers/refrigerators.
• Assure that trash is removed from the floor and properly handled.
• Make sure that low stockout of stock information is communicated to the Inventory Controller after carefully checking the system and rack for product.
• Maintain that all signage is correct and that flyer prices are reflected on the product.
• Coordinate proper merchandising of aisles, logical adjacencies, proper holding power, space allocation, and creatively merchandises and sets up impulse areas for merchandising.
• Perform additional duties, responsibilities, and projects as assigned.
• Perform weekly self-audits of the Meat department.

Other Responsibilities

• Perform other work-related duties as required and assigned.

Education, Experience, and Skills Required

• Bachelors Degree OR High School Diploma OR GED with at least 4 years experience in customer service OR any appropriate combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, and technical procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, and the general public.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, mass, and volume.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.
• Commitment to company values and strong customer orientation.
• Computer Literacy.

Physical Requirements

• Lift/Carry Abilities: Measured for maximum or average load.
• Lift: 50 lbs.
• Carry strength 50 or less: 50 lbs.
• Frequent lift/carry > 12x/hour: 50 lbs.
• Constant lift/carry > 30x/hr: 20 lbs.
• Physical Aptitudes: Rated based on level of skill involved.
• Agility/Dynamic Balance: 80-119.
• Finger Dexterity: 80-119.
• Manual Dexterity: 80 - 119.
• Posture Tolerance: Rated based on frequency or time involved.
• Stand/Walk: Constantly.
• Reach above shoulder level: Occasionally.
• Twist/Turn head: Occasionally.
• Bend over/Stoop: Occasionally.
• Climb steps/Ladder: Occasionally.
• Kneel/Squat: Occasionally.

Work Environment

• Requires frequent exposure to cold/freezing temperatures.
• Equipment in motion: Forklifts, electric pallet jacks, scooters.