Assistant Meat Manager

About This Role

Manage the meat and seafood department for a supermarket, ensuring enthusiastic customer service, high-quality product preparation, and efficient operations. This role involves supervising and training staff, managing inventory, and maintaining safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with a strong emphasis on fast, friendly customer service
• Assist customers by making product suggestions, recommending cuts, and offering preparation ideas
• Possess full working knowledge of all department duties, including preparation, trimming, cutting, wrapping, traying, and serving meat and seafood items
• Build fresh, appealing meat and seafood displays; rotate and remove outdated or spoiled products
• Ensure all work areas, equipment, cases, and prep zones meet cleanliness and sanitation standards
• Schedule employees to ensure adequate coverage and service levels
• Supervise, train, and assign daily duties to department employees
• Assist with planning daily operations and monitor production processes to ensure accuracy, safety, and profitability
• Assist with preparing sales and inventory reports; conduct physical inventory every 4 weeks
• Ensure compliance with all workplace safety rules, sanitation requirements, and food‑handling policies

Requirements

• Full working knowledge of meat and seafood department duties and preparation
• Ability to build fresh, appealing displays
• Knowledge of cleanliness and sanitation standards
• Ability to operate required equipment safely (knives, grinders, saws, etc.)
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to supervise and train employees

Skills

* Required skills