Meat and Cheese Specialist

Description

River Market Community Co-op is hiring a Meat and Cheese Specialist!

Experience-based pay ranging from: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour

Work for a community-owned grocery store in downtown Stillwater and help support a sustainable local food system. As a cornerstone of locally and naturally produced foods for more than 45 years, River Market Community Co-op knows outstanding customer service is vital to the long-term success of the store.

We prioritize our employees' well-being and futures by offering competitive benefits. You will receive a generous employee discount, immediate Paid Time Off accrual, a 401(k) with employer match, health insurance and voluntary dental coverage.
 

Other perks to joining the River Market team include a casual dress code, paid holidays, and annual pay increases.

The most qualified candidates for this position will have experience with:

• Natural and organic foods
• Meat
• Cheese
• Ordering, receiving, and pricing
• Supervising staff

Reports to: Deli Manager

• Model to staff the commitment to customer service excellence
• Select, price and promote products to meet sales objectives, margin and inventory turns
• Ensure department areas (aisles, shelves, bins, prep, and storage areas) are in clean, orderly condition, meeting health department standards and property goals
• Conduct monthly inventory audit, if necessary
• Maintain accurate waste/shrinkage reports, keeping within acceptable levels, unsellable items are properly disposed of, following established procedures
• Review financial performance metrics (sales, labor, margin), analyze and interpret data to identify opportunities to ensure targeted goals are met
• Attend Management Team meetings
• Make regular progress reports to Deli Manager
• Supervise department staff
• Ensure food safety requirements are adhered to including: hand washing, temping, cleaning, food storage and safety. Take action as needed to correct unsafe situations. Adhere to all safety and security programs, guidelines and regulations
• Schedule department staff and ensure hours worked do not exceed budget. Fill in for all uncovered shifts
• Order products, manage inventory levels and receive deliveries 
• Negotiate with suppliers for favorable prices, terms, quality, and delivery
• Place orders to ensure adequate supply for volume needs and usage
• Evaluate vendors and investigate new sources of supply
• Receive deliveries following established procedures, or ensure proper receiving by other staff. Obtain credit from vendors. Ensure invoices are accurate, properly coded, and submitted in a timely fashion
• Ensure accurate, up-to-date shelf tags and PLU’s. Work with Pricing on new products, ensure price changes are entered promptly and accurately into the POS system
• Review quarterly and seasonal movement reports and adjust merchandising and purchasing as necessary
• Plan and maintain attractive, fully stocked, rotated, and faced sections, including promotional areas and demos
• Stock as time permits and give direction to clerks when working in the department
• Provide prompt, friendly, and courteous customer service and assistance with special orders
• Coordinate frequent in-store demonstrations of department product with samples, hand-outs, and recipes
• Coordinate promotions with newsletter, coupons and flyers

Candidates interested in a Co-op career, please submit a resume!

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Acquires ServSafe Manager food safety certification within 30 days of hire
• Prior food service management experience (3 years preferred) 
• Proficient in basic arithmetic including counting, addition and subtraction
• Computer proficiency in: MS Office-Outlook, Excel, Word
• Ability to work varied hours and days

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS: Must be physically able to occasionally grasp, grip, pull, push, twist, and turn as needed.                             

Constant (67-100%): Walking, standing, talking, hearing, correctable vision including near acuity and depth perception

Frequent (34-66%): Bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds floor to waist, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds floor to waist

Occasional (1-33%): Working in refrigeration, pushing, pulling, lifting up to 100 pounds with assistance floor to waist, lifting and reaching waist to shoulder, lifting and reaching above the shoulder

Approximately 25% of the time: Administrative duties, sitting