Meat Department Manager

**Meat Department Manager**:
**Department**

Land and Sea

**Reporting Manager**

Store Manager

**Location**

Northwoods

**Salary**

$55-70,000/annually

**Job Summary**:
We are looking for a Meat Department Manager to organize daily operations and motivate our staff to provide excellent customer service. This role is responsible for ensuring that we always deliver the highest standards of product quality and merchandising. Our Meat department is dedicated to supporting the local community by offering a diverse selection of meat and seafood sourced from local vendors.

If you feel that this describes you, we hope you apply

**Supervisory Responsibilities**:

- Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
- Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy

**Duties/Responsibilities**:

- Oversee the daily operations of the meat department ensuring efficient processes and high standards of service
- Lead a team of 5-10 employees, fostering a collaborative work environment
- Monitor inventory levels, manage stock rotation, and ensure timely replenishment of products to minimize out-of-stock situations
- Create and maintain optimal team member scheduling, ensuring target labor costs are met
- Ensure adherence to health and safety regulations, as well as company policies and procedures
- Uphold exceptional customer service standards by training staff to address customer inquiries and resolve issues effectively
- Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers to secure quality products and favorable terms
- Analyze sales data and market trends to develop strategies for driving revenue growth and meeting financial targets
- Assist with other departmental functions which include but are not limited to rotating, stocking, cleaning and maintaining the appearance and organization of the store
- Performs other related duties as assigned

**Required Skills/Abilities**:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to meet a flexible work schedule, including weekends, early mornings, and evenings
- Excellent interpersonal skills with staff and customers
- A proven team player and team-focused
- Strong problem solving and in-the-moment decision-making skills, process improvement, strategic planning, verbal communication, customer focus, management proficiency
- Skilled at prioritizing tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
- Able to function well in a high-paced environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software

**Education and Experience**:

- Completion of a post-secondary program related to hospitality, business or retail management is preferred
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in retail is preferred
- Meat cutting experience a strong asset
- Journeyperson certification an asset
- A minimum of 2 years experience supervising or managing others
- Experience operating a point-of-sale systems

**Physical Requirements**:

- Must be able to stand during scheduled shift, withstand repetitive walking, reaching, and bending for long periods of time
- Comfortable working in cold environments
- Able to lift between 20lbs and 80lbs

**About Us**:
Stong’s Market is a locally owned, community focused grocery store. We offer a wide variety of local and boutique products at our Vancouver, North Vancouver and Squamish locations. Our Stong’s Market Express Department are experts at home delivery straight to your front door. The Stong’s name has a rich history with over 85 years of grocery experience and we are committed to a unique and family friendly grocery shopping experience

**Our Commitment**:
Stong’s Market is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Stong’s Market is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals during the recruitment process. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please notify the hiring manager when contacted for an interview.

**How to Apply