Meat Department Manager

**Buy Low Foods**is currently seeking an experienced **Meat Department Manager** for our store located in **Lower Mainland, BC**. This role is full-time and reports to the Store Manager.

We are looking for a strong leader who has a passion for fresh food and who can efficiently oversee the daily operations of the Meat Department in terms of staffing, sales, customer service, merchandising, and product quality.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide supervision to department staff to ensure quality customer service
- Maximize sales and gross profit through effective and creative merchandising
- Maintain department inventory by placing product orders regularly while adhering to departmental budgets
- Recruit, hire, train, and mentor staff members
- Create the weekly department work schedule
- Cut, trim, debone and prepare standard cuts of meat according to specifications using knives and power tools
- Wrap and package prepared meats
- Prepare special cuts and orders as per customer requests
- Ensure all prepared items are properly labeled, covered and rotated
- Present a neat, fresh, and well-merchandised department
- Ensure the proper set up of racks, tables, coolers, backroom areas
- Handle customer inquiries, requests and complaints in a prompt, polite and effective manner
- Keep all equipment clean, well maintained and fully operational
- Comply with the Company’s established Health and Safety and Food Safety policies and ensure that staff members are also adhering to these policies
- Responsible for ensuring accuracy of store signage with regards to pricing
- Liaise with the store manager, department heads and meat department staff to address any concerns, discuss upcoming ads / promotions, cross merchandising, etc

**Skills and Qualifications**:

- Previous, relevant meat department experience, preferably in a supervisory capacity
- Post-secondary Meat Cutting training / journeyman certification preferred
- Proven ability to process a variety of meat cuts
- Able to lead a team in an enthusiastic and positive manner
- Superb customer service skills with a desire to provide customers with a great shopping experience
- Exceptional leadership and organizational skills
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation, policies and practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under pressure
- Able to maintain a professional demeanor under stressful situations
- Experience in effective merchandising that drives sales
- Have experience ordering and maintaining department stock
- Flexibility to work a variety of hours which include days, evenings, weekends and stat holidays

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**
- Ability to perform physically demanding, repetitive physical tasks for extended periods of time
- Job requires manual dexterity, attention to detail, hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking and standing for extended periods including bending, twisting, crouching and kneeling at times
- Physical ability to stand, lift, and handle up to 50 pounds on a regular basis
- Cold environment, noisy, with some strong odours

**Our commitment to you**:

- Competitive wages with starting rates based on experience
- Annual bonus incentives
- Automatic pay increases based on the number of hours you have worked
- Room for advancement - all new opportunities posted internally first
- Company matched RRSP Program
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Comprehensive benefits package for full-time positions including Dental, Extended Health, Vision, Life & Disability insurance

If you feel that you possess the knowledge, skills and abilities mentioned above then we would love to hear from you

**How to apply**:
Please include a cover letter including your wage expectations & any restrictions for work hours

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Pay: From $24.25 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Licence/Certification:

- Canadian citizenship, PR Card or work permit (required)

Work Location: In person