Butcher Block Supervisor

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Customer Service & Sales

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with emphasis on fast and friendly service.
• Assist customers with product suggestions, special orders, and food preparation ideas.
• Engage in suggestive selling through telephone, in-store intercom, and direct customer interaction.

• Wash and process fresh fish.
• Trim, cut, wrap, tray, and display meat, seafood, and poultry products.
• Create effective product displays and rotate/remove outdated or spoiled items.
• Weigh, wrap, and price all Butcher Block products.
• Prepare seafood salads, cheese balls, cook food samples, and steam fish products.
• Implement promotional and seasonal displays.
• Follow and maintain department standards for handling quick-sale items.
• Ensure temperatures are maintained during preparation, display, and storage.
• Ensure proper code dating for all products.

• Plan daily operations, monitor production processes, and ensure profitability according to company procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of work areas, equipment, and the Butcher Block case.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels based on division directives.
• Control shrink and follow correct product preparation techniques.
• May operate and maintain the meat cooler and freezer.

• Schedule, supervise, train, and assign duties to department employees.
• Monitor productivity and evaluate employee performance.
• Understand opening and closing department procedures.
• Train employees on store policies, sales procedures, and record‑keeping.
• Identify and develop employees with high potential for advancement.
• Initiate personnel actions such as interviews, transfers, promotions, and disciplinary actions.

• Conduct physical inventory every four weeks.
• Stock and rotate meat, poultry, and seafood to ensure freshness and adequate quantity.

• Safely use and operate department equipment including:
• pallet jacks
• hand trucks
• scissors
• knives
• safety cutters
• wrapping machines
• scales
• tenderizers
• steamers
• grinders
• cutters

• Assist with the Packaged Meat department when needed.
• Maintain knowledge of company policies and guidelines as outlined in the Albertsons/Tom Thumb Employee Handbook.