Jerry's Corporate - Meat and Seafood Director

Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc. has an outstanding opportunity for a Meat and Seafood Director. The Meat and Seafood Director will be responsible for overall merchandising initiatives enabling our meat and seafood departments to reach their full potential in driving sales, performance and profit. This position provides hands on expertise, training, and direction to Meat Managers, staff and store leadership on all phases of meat and seafood operations. This includes product knowledge, cold chain management, quality assurance, food safety and product merchandising. This position will serve as a subject matter expert in fresh meat and seafood cutting and merchandising operations.  Reports To: Vice President of Merchandising Location: Corporate Office - Edina, MN Classification: Full Time, Exempt Rate of pay : $135,000 - $160,000 / year, based on experience Hours: Monday – Friday with occasional weekend work required Jerry’s work perks: Health / Vision / Dental Insurance Paid Time Off 401K + match Store Discount Discretionary bonus Monthly phone stipend Qualifications: Experience in retail meat at a manager or director level Understanding of financial statements and marketing plans and their impact on profit, revenue, and volume  Proven leadership and ability to lead by influencing others both formally and informally  Demonstrated success record in collaborating with multiple functional areas to achieve overall company goals  Experienced with successfully leading large-scale projects across multiple retail locations  Ability to apply strategic and analytic thinking to develop best practice retail programs  Key responsibilities: Coordinate with Store Managers to ensure that performance and merchandising standards are met  Analyze profit and loss results; ensure that meat product delivers sales and profit in each store  Procure product and provide balanced and profitable recommendations for our ads including making weekly adjustments in pricing based on cost changes, cutting tests and competitive weekly price checks  Ensure food safety and sanitation are executed flawlessly within the meat and seafood environments  Build relations and collaborate with vendors to ensure product innovation, negotiate best cost of goods and build confidence to gain investment in company programs and initiatives  Ensure marketing campaigns and offerings meet company standards and properly reflect industry trends  Implement new strategic initiatives that deliver revenue growth and/or improved customer experiences, securing buy-in from store leadership, operations and other cross-functional stakeholders  Create merchandising plans to drive sales  Our ideal candidate has: 10+ years in retail meat and/or meat experience including perishable products and programs 3+ years of director-level, and/or sales manager experience; with a large-scale retailer preferred  3 – 5+ years retail operations, including experience in retail meat operations  Bachelor’s degree, recommended. An equivalent amount of education and experience may be considered Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation