Assistant Deli Manager Job

The Assistant Deli Manager provides excellent customer satisfaction through the management and leadership of Deli Clerks. This position is responsible for maintaining high standards in quality, variety, selection, food safety and sanitation for all products produced and sold in the Deli Department. The Assistant Deli Manager is responsible for assisting the Deli Manager in the daily supervision of Deli Department operations, ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service, monitoring the quality of deli product, and acting as manager in the absence of the Deli Manager as needed to address employee relations, coaching, and general department supervision needs.

Essential Job Functions

• Effectively coordinates production, merchandising and sales through ongoing planning, direction, communication, goal setting, brainstorming and teamwork.

• Ensures customer satisfaction and builds customer loyalty.

• Staffs, trains, supervises, reviews, and provides corrective action to Deli Clerks.

• Unloads, sorts and removes merchandise from pallets upon arrival at the store.

• Operates and maintains deli equipment.

• Greets and assists customers at the deli counter.

• Ensures Deli Department inventory control to avoid “out of stocks” and/or “overstocks”.

• Prepares, packages, cuts, stocks, stores and displays merchandise appropriately.

• Maintains a clean, full, fresh and dry case at all times.

• Ensures all inferior out of code products are not sold and removed from display in a timely manner.

• Works with Deli Manager to merchandise case to maximize sales and profit goals.

• Orders products from authorized vendors and adheres to receiving policies and procedures.

• Assures accuracy and accountability of all Deli Department invoices and expenses.

• Submits all paperwork for the Deli Department including sales and purchase recaps, weekly schedules, monthly margin reports in a timely manner.

• Maintains retail prices as agreed upon overall gross margin percent.

• Ensures all products are accurately priced and sale prices are up-to-date.

• Ensures quality deli product through proper rotation procedures, monitoring cases for damaged items, and following all health and sanitation guidelines.

• Understands all health, safety and sanitation guidelines/regulations and ensures that other deli team members are also aware of and following these procedures.

• Intervenes to address employee relations issues as needed.

• Other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 2 years supervisory experience preferred, high school diploma or GED, and strong knowledge of deli or related food service, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.

• Strong ability to work well with people.

• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service.

• Demonstrated strengths in the following areas: work skills, written and verbal communication, problem solving, leadership, interpersonal skills and motivation.

• Strong knowledge of proper food handling and sanitation procedures/guidelines.

• Demonstrated "passion" to work with food and enjoy working in a fast pace food service environment.

• Must possess current and appropriate food handlers permit.

 

This job has specific physical requirements that may require you to lift up to 75 lbs, to operate machinary with moving mechanical parts, bend, reach, kneel, squat, stand of a long period of time, or push/pull heavy loads.  Qualified candidates will be contacted. To learn more about all the benefits of working at Sprouts' and how you can become part of our growing team, apply on-line at Sprouts' Farmers Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Posting Notes: || United States (US) || California || Lemon Grove || 233-3205 Lemon Grove Avenue || Deli Department Jobs || SF:NON ||