Posted 2 months ago
Meat - Assistant Department Manager Meat
@ Safeway
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Overview
Safeway is hiring an Assistant Department Manager for its Meat Department to help run daily operations, serve customers and coach staff. The role includes supervising meat personnel in the Meat Manager's absence and completing customer and store meat orders. Candidates need 12 months of experience, including previous meat retail experience, and must be available days, evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Provide customer service and assist with meat department operations
- Supervise meat staff in the Meat Manager's absence
- Complete customer and store meat orders, receive orders and prepare meat daily
- Merchandise the Meat Department and maintain sanitation standards
- Coach and train employees
Requirements summary:
- High school diploma required
- Minimum 12 months of experience, previous meat retail experience
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Available days, evenings and weekends
- Health and safety knowledge and post-secondary certification are assets
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-17
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Retail |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store, Warehouse |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies. Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Cos. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Cos. operates stores across 34 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, and Carrs. Albertsons Cos. is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2019 alone, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company gave nearly $225 million in food and financial support. These efforts helped millions of people in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and treatment, programs for people with disabilities and veterans outreach.
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- 5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588, US
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- Safeway
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- Grocery
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Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies. Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Cos. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Cos. operates stores across 34 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1915 |
| Specialties | GroceryPharmacyGeneral MerchandiseRetailGrocery ManufacturingDistributionSupermarketOrganic Producee-commerceand food |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 263 |
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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
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