Meat Manager Job

The Meat Manager is responsible for maintaining Sprouts meat programs and managing all activities of the department including selling and service management, merchandising and business management, product handling and presentation, scheduling, ordering, receiving, and inventory control to Sprouts standards. The Meat Manager plans, orders, and prepares cutting lists, and processes meat according to department goals and standards.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides excellent customer service by greeting, assisting, and thanking customers in a prompt, courteous, friendly and business-like manner, and training team members to do the same.

• Ensures department employees are trained and accountable for following meat department policies and procedures and achieving department standards; acts as a role model for staff through professional conduct.

• Manages inventory to ensure selection, freshness, and availability of product to drive sales; follows procedures for effective inventory control; controls expenditures and resources.

• Effectively implements promotional programs, merchandising and pricing plans.

• Manages department budget and achieves financial goals including sales, gross margin and labor.

• Handles customer complaints, questions or requests for information about the various meat and meat products that Sprouts sells.

• Ensures that department shelves, displays and storage areas are in clean, orderly condition, meeting health department standards.

• Meets labor, sales and margin goals determined in conjunction with the Store Manager.

• Maintains working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers and financial goals.

• Manages inventory, in-stock position, pricing integrity, merchandising plans, labor, security, expense control and other operational processes to company standards.

• Ensures the department is merchandised in accordance with the needs of the community; maintains shelf allocations to ensure the availability of products at all times.

• Supervises, trains, reviews, and develops team members in accordance with company policies and procedures; administers and documents corrective actions.

• Evaluates department conditions and operations to determine strengths and areas for improvement; reinforces strengths while developing and implementing improved practices and procedures.

• Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained; ensures current food handler permits are maintained for department employees.

• Monitors cooler and display area temperature to ensure product quality; report refrigeration failure immediately.

• Coordinates returns and credit from suppliers where applicable; keeps accurate accounting of credit requests.

• Reviews invoices for accuracy.

• Other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Minimum 2 year’s meat cutting experience in the grocery or restaurant industry; or an acceptable combination of education and experience.

• Previous management experience in the retail, grocery, or restaurant industry.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills with an outgoing, friendly, and positive attitude

• Strong knowledge of meat and seafood products is required.

• Highly motivated with a sense of urgency and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment at all times with all levels of employees.

• Knowledge and understanding of gross margins and labor percentages.

• Knowledge of "all natural" meat programs.

• Basic computer skills.

 

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 || La Mesa || 225-4630 Palm Avenue || Meat Department Jobs || SF:NON ||