Meat Department Manager
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Job Location:
San Diego, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 63835 - 100931
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
Meat Department Managers order receive cut/process store display price and account for all meat products purchased for resale.
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- Forecasting product demand.
- Ensuring that all resale meats are trimmed sorted properly cut packaged rotated priced and displayed in a professional and attractive manner.
- Ensuring adequate supplies of processed meats and vendor packaged meats to meet customer demand at all times.
- Using the DeCA automated cutting test program to establish prices conduct price changes prepare price and cost/mark-up lists and perform inventory.
- Designing and/or resetting promotional and seasonal displays.
- Inspecting and ensuring the department processing areas display cases and storage rooms remain neat orderly and sanitary and comply with current sanitation and safety regulations.
- Inspecting equipment and initiating required maintenance.
- Ensuring everyone follows proper safety practices while using power tools knives grinding equipment etc.
- Directing all department activities and providing administrative and technical supervision for meatcutters meat cutting workers and other personnel engaged in the various tasks associated with Meat Department operations.
Work conditions:
- Most of the work is performed in the store display area which is well lighted and maintained at a comfortable temperature.
- May be exposed to unusually cold temperatures in the receiving storage and meat processing areas.
- May be exposed to differing temperatures when storing items in or retrieving them from refrigerated rooms.
- There is a danger of injuries resulting from using electric meat processing equipment lifting heavy products or slipping on wet floors.
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national.
- Males born aftermust be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination as required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
- May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
- May be subject to one year supervisory probationary period.
- Must meet the physical requirements listed in the Qualifications section.
- Must sign a Mobility Agreement upon accepting a job offer from HR.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
Qualifications
You must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date.
Your resume (and/or transcript if necessary) must clearly show that you meet the qualifications (i.e. specialized experience and/or education requirements) for the grade level(s) for which you are applying.
At the GS-8 and 10 grade levels you can meet the minimum qualifications through specialized experience education or a combination of the two. To calculate the combination divide your total months of specialized experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. If they total 100% you meet the minimum qualifications through a combination of specialized experience and education.
Specialized experience is written to the lowest equivalent grade level that meets the minimum experience requirement. What does this mean to applicants Example: An applicant has one year of specialized experience at the GS-8 grade level and wants to apply for a GS-9. The GS-9 requires specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7. Since the applicant has specialized experience at a higher grade (i.e. GS-8) than is required (i.e. GS-7) the applicant may apply for the GS-9.
Specialized experience is demonstrated knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; principles procedures and techniques of retail food merchandising and retail food store management and developments in commercial retail food store items equipment and practices. Examples of creditable qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing a commissary store supermarket or similar type of commercial retail food store.
- Managing a department in a retail food store.
- Planning standardizing or controlling operations in an assigned group of retail food stores.
- Developing interpreting or applying policies procedures and operating standards for use in a retail food store.
- Providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters pertaining to grocery meats and produce supplies as well as front-end operations.
You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid) including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social).
Education used to qualify for this position in whole or in part must have equipped you with the knowledge and ability to perform the work of the position as evidenced by on-the-job-training in food retail management or an internship or practicum in food retail management. Transcripts are required if relying on education to qualify. See Required Documents for more information.
Qualifications
For GS-8: (A) one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level OR (B) one and one-half years of graduate level education with major study in business administration public administration agricultural economics (food industry management) or other fields related to the position OR (C) a combination of specialized experience and education.
For GS-10: (A) one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-8 grade level OR (B) two and one-half years of progressively higher graduate level education leading to such a degree with major study in business administration public administration agricultural economics (food industry management) or other fields related to the position OR (C) a combination of specialized experience and education.
Physical requirements: (1) Lift push pull carry and handle commissary products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally over 40 pounds with assistance. (2) Stand stoop kneel bend and climb for prolonged periods. You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.
You must also meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the announcement close date.
Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information.
- For GS-8: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-6.
- For GS-10: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-8.
Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non-temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligible candidates (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority.
As part of the online application process you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your possession of these competencies:
- Commissary Operations
- Interpersonal Skills
- Meat Department Operations
- Safety Procedures
- Supervision
Overtime: Occasional
Bargaining Unit Status: Not covered
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Obligated Position: If obligated you occupying the position is subject to the former incumbent returning. If the former incumbent does not return to the position your occupancy may become permanent. Tentative job offers identify if the position you are offered is obligated.
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None
Additional information
Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the state where the Federal employee resides and/or works. The Defense Commissary Agency is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace where the use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal service.
- This position is part of the Commissary Career Program (CCP).
- In accordance with the CCP Manual and under certain circumstances DeCA employees accepting a downgrade (i.e. change to lower grade) into this position may be entitled to pay retention.
- Applicants with financial difficulty are not automatically removed from consideration.
- Selectees are required to complete an online onboarding process.
- PCS is authorized. If you PCSd at government expense within the past 12 months additional government funded PCS may not be authorized; however you may choose to pay your own moving expenses.
- Most civilian PCS entitlements are now taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for additional Federal State and local income taxes incurred because of receiving taxable travel income. More information is available at Civilian Relocation/PCS Tax Changes.
- Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after the closing date.
- This position may be filled at either the GS-08 or the GS-10 grade level.
- If selected at a grade below the target grade of the position you may be non-competitively promoted to the next higher grade when all statutory and regulatory requirements have been met performance is satisfactory and promotion is recommended by the supervisor. Promotion is not guaranteed.
The following may result in a rating of ineligible. Ineligible applicants receive no consideration.
- Not selecting an eligibility.
- Submitting an incomplete application package may result in your not being considered for this position. Your resume must reflect that you are either Part-Time with the number of hours listed Full Time or 40 hours per week as your work schedule. If you fail to provide this information in your resume your resume will be considered as incomplete.
- Submitting encrypted documents or uploading Adobe portfolio documents.
- Submitting any document that contains a photo or image of you.
- Including social media links inappropriate material/content classified or government sensitive information or personal information such as age gender race religion or social security number on your resume.
- Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or questionnaire responses.
- Deliberately attempting to falsify your application information such as copying portions of this announcement into your resume.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Sales Experience
- Food Service
- Succession Planning
- Management Experience
- Materials Handling
- Pricing
- Conveyor Installation
- Food Production Experience
- Leadership Experience
- P&L Management
- Retail Management
