A'arick Turner
Hampton,VA
Summary
Attentive and enthusiastic Meat Department Manager with background in training, team leadership and schedule coordination. Knowledgeable about retail operations and all areas of meat department, including proper equipment use, cleaning standards and maintaining food safety. Hardworking Meat Department Manager adept at providing customers with positive experience at every visit. Maintain stock on shelves and cold storage areas attractive with best meats. Offering years of experience managing meat department for busy grocery stores.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Butcher
Whole Foods Market
01.2024 - Current
- Cuts, platters, and merchandises products (beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry).
- Prepares specialty meat merchandise (i.e. sausage, oven ready products, and cured meats).
- Checks product to make sure it meets WFM quality standards.
- Maintains sampling program.
- Monitors and assists in preventing spoilage.
- Mentors and supports assigned Meat Cutter Trainee(s).
- Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
- Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
- Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
- Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
- Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
- Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
- Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.
- Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership
Meat and Seafood Manager
The Fresh Market
10.2014 - 12.2023
- Greet guests and proactively assist them in a friendly manner with accurate and timely service
- Handle, slice, expertly cut and trim a variety of the department’s prime and premium meat and seafood products, and items for our convenient meal solutions throughout the day, while also managing quality product levels as indicated within TFM standards
- Making recommendations and accommodating requests
- Managing order guides/ordering deadlines/reducing shrink/damage
- Properly receiving/stocking of goods that follow rotation standards when replenishing product levels.
- Direct teams to handle, slice and prepare a variety of specialty meat, seafood, and Convenient Meal Solutions throughout the day.
- Engage, motivate, coach, and train team members “on-the-job” as well as through The Fresh Market’s internal training platform to provide excellent guest service in a safe and secure manner
- Ensure the training and certification of all Assistant Meat Managers and Meat Cutters.
- Set department schedules for adequate shift coverage and assigned daily work tasks to individual team members based upon strength and experience.
- Created signs and tags to price items for normal inventory and special promotions and to inform and educate customers.
- Operated saws and slicers to cut meat, using safety protocols and procedures to avoid accidents.
- Maintained focus during busy times and delegated tasks to employees to keep business running smoothly.
- Assisted customers by finding requested items and providing preparation information for specific cuts of meat.
- Set and updated weekly work schedules to meet coverage demands by considering factors like expected customer levels, planned promotions and individual employee strengths.
- Monitored inventory levels, ordered new supplies and oversaw restocking of cases.
- Reviewed inventory levels and placed orders for products and merchandise for restocking purposes.
- Completed inventory counts, reordered stock, and removed expired items from supply.
Education
No Degree - Business Administration And Management
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FLNo Degree - Cyber Security
Thomas Nelson Community College
Hampton, VAHigh School Diploma -
Richmond Hill High School
Richmond Hill, GA05.2012
Skills
- Working understanding of Meat team processes and procedures
- Excellent cutting skills with the ability to bread product down into sub-primal and retail cuts
- Extensive knowledge of different cuts and cooking techniques of meat and seafood
- Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members
Timeline
Butcher
Whole Foods Market
01.2024 - Current
Meat and Seafood Manager
The Fresh Market
10.2014 - 12.2023
No Degree - Business Administration And Management
Saint Leo University
No Degree - Cyber Security
Thomas Nelson Community College
High School Diploma -
Richmond Hill High School