South Circle Save A Lot Meat Manager

FLSA Classification:Exempt  

Date (Last Revised):​2/25/2023 

Department:Meat 

Reports To:Director of Meat Operations

General Description of Position 

The Meat Manager is the most senior level position in the Meat Department. This role ensures the store’s meat departmentoperates at the standards set by the company, driving sales and maximizing profitability. The Meat Manageris responsible for growing andmaintaining the store’s meat program and manages all activities of the department including service, merchandising and business management, product handling and presentation, scheduling, ordering, receiving, and inventory control standards. This position is responsible for staff training development, setting work schedules, and ensuring all meat department membersare operating in a safe, productive manner. The Meat Manager is a key member of the organizationmaintaining a continuous focus onoptimizing customer experience, sales, and efficiencies in their department and store.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

• Leads the performance of the meat department to achieve and exceed business metric goals. 

• Completes daily grinding logs. 

• Exceeds budgets of profitability,sales and distribution. 

• Strategically ordersand controls inventory. 

• Sets and manages all department schedules. 

• Directs anypricechanges. 

• Effectivelycarries out product ordering, merchandising, productivity andmaintaining control of shrink to meet company and business unit goals. 

• Sets and executes all work priorities and directs the assignment of individual tasks within the meat department including other Meat Cutters, Shift Leads and Clerks. 

• Enforces meat policies and procedures within assigned store.  

• Trains andsupervises all meat department personnel. 

• Works with the District Manager and Store Manager to provide input into policies and procedures for the meat department. 

• Enforces all policies and procedures within assigned store. 

• Uses knives and power equipment, cuts and/or packages authorized beef,pork and poultry items according to Leevers policies and procedures. 

• Wraps, weighs and prices cuts of meat. 

• Labels packages according to COOL, USDA and Leevers standards. 

• Ensures that displays and case signsare updated appropriately, and that meat is merchandised and presented to maximize sales. 

• Maintains proper date rotation for dated and undated products per Leevers policy, both in the display case and in the storage coolers. 

• Prepares and places meat cuts and products in the display counter according to Leevers procedures so they will appear attractive and appealing to the customers. 

• Receives, inspects, and stores meat upon delivery, tomaintain cold chain and ensures meat quality. 

• Ensures excellent sanitation and quality standardsare met daily which adhere to Leevers policy. 

• Follows and executes all Leevers policies and procedures which includes butis not limited to: COOL, Food Safety, Sanitation, Meat/Produce Scale operation, Mark Downs, Inventory Processes, Meat POG’s, Meat Cutter Resource Manual, Daily Manager Signoff and Meat Cutting List. 

• Protects company property,funds and merchandise. 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

• This is a management position.This position has the authority to make decisions concerning hiring, terminations, demotions, promotions, or otherwise take tangible employment actions.  

• This positionis responsible for ensuring all members of the Meat Department areadequately trained andoperating under Leevers company standards.  

Position Qualifications  

Knowledge,Skills and Abilities  

*Bi-Lingual preferred

• Company work history willbe strongly considered, including attendance, work performance, safety, policy compliance andperformance  

• Proficiency in basic math skillsrequired, including addition, subtraction,multiplication and division  

• Must be able to read, write and speak in English. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication,interpersonal skills. Languageproficiency in Spanish or other languages isdesired.  

• Must be dependable and flexible, including a willingness to work in other areas of the store, as needed with little or no advanced notice  

• Excellent customer service,teamwork and problem-solving skills  

• Must adhere to a uniform dress code  

 Education and Experience 

• Must be 18 years of age 

• High School Diploma or equivalent (Required) 

• 7+ years of experience safely using manual pallet jacks, hand tools and power equipment,including but not limited to knives, wrappers, scales, slicers, cubing machine, and power saw (where certified to cut meat) (Preferred) 

• Successful completion of Leevers Meat Cutter Training Program withinsix months 

Technical Skills 

• Ability tooperate and understand the meat scale, meat saw, slicer, grinder, scale  

Certificates and Licenses  

• Nonerequired 

Physical Activities  

• While performing the functions of this job, the employeeis regularly required to: 

• Stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear 

• Reach, bend, twist, balance,bend forward, stoop or walk forthe majority of the time on duty. 

• Lift and transport various objects weighing up to50 pounds repeatedly throughout the shift; at times, product weight may reach 100 pounds  

• Requires the ability to move heavy product withassistance  

• Requires the ability to push, pull,grasp and use sawing motions for extended periods of time  

The company will make reasonableaccommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. 

Environmental Conditions   

• This position is performed primarily in a meat cutting room, where the temperature ranges from 38-45 degrees Fahrenheit continuously.   

• Employees must be able to work in atemperature controlled (cold) environment for extended periods of time. 

• The noise level in the work environment is usuallymoderate. 

Leevers Supermarkets has reviewed this job description to ensure that it includes the role’s essential functions and basic duties. The job descriptionis intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the work described. Itis not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Supervisors may assignadditional functions and requirements asappropriate. This document does notrepresent a contract of employment, and Leevers Supermarkets reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform as the companydeemsappropriate.