Meat/Seafood Team Leader - 5300 Harvey St. Muskegon, MI 49444 - Full-time

Meijer is a leading Supercenter located in five states throughout the Midwest, with over 200 stores and more than 60,000 employees. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and stores, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. As a multi-billion dollar retailer, Meijer is ranked as the 19th largest privately held company in the country. We have become a respected leader in the competitive retail market by sticking to our core values of customers, competition, family, freshness, and safety & health.
Currently, Meijer is looking for a Meat/Seafood Team Leader. Plans, directs and supervises team members in the day to day operations of the meat/seafood department operations. Delivers exceptional customer service by managing operations and staffing. Manages meat/seafood department operations, suggests changes to inventory and pricing and purchases when needed. Monitors quality meat/seafood product. Is responsible for the department staff training, assignments and scheduling.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for scheduling, staffing selection, and hiring to achieve staffing needs
• Promotes succession planning by providing career paths, identifying development needs for team members, and being involved with and accountable for promotion decisions
• Documents and applies disciplinary actions and makes recommendations concerning discharge
• Makes sure the customers are being taken care of and the meat conditions look great at all times.
• Ensures the cleanliness of the meat/seafood department
• Manages the inventory and pricing of meat/seafood products to achieve required margin and labor targets
• Responsible for the profit and loss of the meat/seafood department
• Provides consistent and great quality products and services
• Ensures fresh and appealing displays and products by checking codes, rotating products, and removing out of date products
• Ensures shrink goals are met
• Maintains correct meat signage and pricing
• Packages, weigh and price all merchandise
• Ensures that all shelves and displays are properly stocked and front facing
• Maintains back stock in good order
• Follows and ensures team members comply with all applicable health and sanitization procedures
• Adheres to safe work practices
• Operates and sanitizes all meat and seafood equipment in a safe and proper manner
• Answers department telephone calls and pages quickly with excellent telephone etiquette
• Ensures all team members are appropriately trained and adheres to safe work practices
• Collaborates with the Retail Specialist to ensure meat/seafood programs exceed customer expectations
• Proper usage of the production planner and fresh dashboard

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or its equivalent
• 4 years of related experience in the field
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Demonstrated ability to butcher meat and knows what good cuts look like
• Demonstrated knowledge of basic meat cooking procedures
• Demonstrated ability to properly handle knives and other cutting equipment
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize time and manage the time for others
• Demonstrated ability to visually examine products for quality and freshness
• Demonstrated ability to answer customer questions in a clear and service oriented manner
• Demonstrated ability to conduct suggestive selling
• Demonstrated ability to work safely
• Successful completion of all required certifications
• ServSafe Certification

Job Retail
Primary Location MI-Muskegon

Schedule Full-time