The Meat and Seafood Merchandiser is responsible for providing expert meat training in cutting procedures, merchandising, SOPs, operational & category management standards and production efficiencies assuring the best in Meat Department merchandising and presentation standards.

This position will execute effective schematics and plan-o-grams in fresh meat, seafood, butcher block full service, frozen meat, and processed meat categories in all stores.

He or she will be immersed in meat category management to provide information in driving the best in meat merchandising.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS:

• Training
  • He or She will ensure the growth and development of future meat employee owners at all store levels to be expert meat merchants through training one-on-one’s, groups, video conferencing, manuals, build books and diagrams.
  • Creation and execution of store level meat training programs in whole or in parts. This would include simple tasks to complete trainee programs.
  • In working with operations provide solutions to elevate the general knowledge, experience and expertise of all store meat employee owners.
• Category Management
  • Analyze category performance across a variety of indicators – sales, market share, store clusters, gross profit, mark up, mark downs, turns by category & item level, known shrink, shelf execution & other predetermined matrix’s that drive organizational change and visibility in how we manage the shelf from item acceptance to implementation.
  • Provide analysis and develop recommendations for category and consumer trends.
  • Identify and understand competition’s impact on the category and provide recommendations to grow category market share.
  • Analyze item assortment and create recommendations for an efficient item assortment
• Merchandising
  • Using optimal category information, provide store specific information for merchandising efficiencies to each store.
  • Develop store specific schematics or plan-o-grams for all categories in meat.
  • Responsible for evaluating implementation, compliance, and results of key Meat Department initiatives.
  • Apply learnings from stores observations, category management and competition to assist in developing weekly Ads, promotions, events, contest, and new programs.

ADDITIONAL POSITION FUNCTIONS:

• At times coordinate with AWG and/or district operation teams to execute store meat or seafood projects.
• Request information from Vendors and Brokers for category management, promotions, and other needs.
• Maintain a relationship with all corporate functions to maximize efficiencies.
• Monitor and produce weekly category metrics reporting that guide decision process.
• Create ad hoc reports as requested.
• Additional duties as assigned.

SCHEDULED HOURS:

Work schedule: Open availability including weekends and overnight travel. Willing to travel up to 50% to 75% of the work week.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience: Minimum of 5 to 8 years as a Meat Manager demonstrating progressive growth. Preferably, 3 to 5 years as a successful Meat Merchandiser, Meat Buyer, or Meat Supervisor.

Education: High School or GED or equivalent experience and possess superior meat merchandising and analytical skills. Must be proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS One Note, MS Teams, Plum Scale Software and Micro Strategy.