Posted 11 days ago
Full Time Assistant Meat Manager - Hillside Location
@ Thrifty Foods
Victoria, British Columbia
Overview
Thrifty Foods is hiring a full-time Assistant Meat Manager at its Hillside location. The role helps run daily meat department operations, supervises meat staff in the Meat Manager's absence, and provides customer service. The posting asks for availability days, evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Provide customer service and complete customer meat orders
- Supervise meat staff in the Meat Manager's absence
- Perform daily meat preparation and merchandise the department
- Coach staff and assist with training
- Maintain sanitation and company standards
Requirements summary:
- High school diploma
- Minimum 12 months of experience, previous meat retail preferred
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Available days, evenings and weekends
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Source type not verified · sobeys
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-28
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Retail |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required), Trade certificate (preferred) |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Generous parental leave, Retirement plan, Stock or equity, Employee discount |
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Thrifty Foods
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Full company description
Located in beautiful BC, we are focused on food, driven by our fresh expertise and supported by superior customer service. We proudly contribute to the communities in which we work and live through sponsorships, donations big and small, and our Smile Card Fundraising Program. At Thrifty Foods, we strive to create an engaging work environment with great benefits, career development and growth opportunities. What you will love about working at Thrifty Foods: Our reputation for customer service excellence Ongoing career development opportunities and scholarships Flexibility in scheduling Fast-paced environment Competitive wages Competitive benefits
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- Thrifty Foods
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Located in beautiful BC, we are focused on food, driven by our fresh expertise and supported by superior customer service. We proudly contribute to the communities in which we work and live through sponsorships, donations big and small, and our Smile Card Fundraising Program. At Thrifty Foods, we strive to create an engaging work environment with great benefits, career development and growth opportunities. What you…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1977 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 71 |
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What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise partners operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family.
Ready to start fresh?
Reporting to the Meat Department Manager, you will assist in managing the daily operations of the Department while providing outstanding service to our customers.
As the ideal candidate, you will have excellent communication and organizational skills. You will demonstrate outstanding customer service while you coach staff to provide superior cuts of meat. With the support of the Department Manager, you will utilize your leadership skills to assist with training employees.[PJ1]
Here’s where you’ll have an impact:
• Provide customer service to meet customer needs
• Supervise meat personnel in the absence of the Meat Manager
• Promote an employee culture of coaching and development
• Complete customer meat orders
• Receive meat orders
• Perform daily meat preparation
• Merchandise the Meat Department
• Implement SMART retailing (Atlantic)
• Maintain sanitation standards
• Adhere to and implement all applicable company standards
• Perform administrative duties as required
What you bring to the table:
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Above average oral and written communication skills
• Good work ethic and ability to multitask
• High School Diploma
• Minimum of 12 months of experience/Previous meat retail experience
• Excellent customer service skills
• Thorough understanding of Health and Safety legislation, policies and practices is an asset
• Post-secondary certification is an asset
• Available days, evenings, and weekends
Learn more about our story and culture:
Who We Are | Why Work With Us
Total Rewards
We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
Additional Information
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We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company. Hiring decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.
Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.
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