Seafood Sales Manager

Yoke's Fresh Market is a well-established grocery store known for its commitment to quality, customer service, and community values. As a grocery store with a strong emphasis on fresh, local, and high-quality products, Yoke's Fresh Market has built a reputation for providing an exceptional shopping experience focused on customer satisfaction and neighborhood involvement. The company prides itself on employee ownership through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), fostering a collaborative and invested workplace culture. Yoke's offers competitive wages up to $23.00 per hour with verifiable hours or work samples, and a robust benefits package that supports the wellbeing of its employees.

The Meat/Seafood Department at Yoke's Fresh Market plays a crucial role in delivering fresh and expertly prepared products to guests while ensuring a positive shopping experience. This role is designed for individuals passionate about food, customer service, and leadership, focusing on creating a welcoming atmosphere, offering professional expertise on products, and maintaining the highest standards in food safety and department management. This position includes supervisory responsibilities, requiring excellent communication skills, coordination, and the ability to lead associates effectively to uphold Yoke's core values and operational standards. The Meat/Seafood Associate is responsible for engaging with guests to promote sales through product recommendations and serving as the expert source for cooking and preparation advice. Team leadership involves training new personnel, managing the seafood section's inventory, sales, and financial bookkeeping, and maintaining compliance with all food safety requirements under Active Managerial Control.

This position requires a comprehensive understanding of various departmental tasks, including handling specialized equipment, ensuring proper food rotation and labeling, and enforcing company policies for workplace safety, sanitation, and guest service excellence. Associates must be physically capable of performing tasks such as lifting, slicing, wrapping, and cleaning. Yoke's is committed to providing thorough training programs that include meat/seafood skills development, food handler safety, harassment prevention, and safety orientations. This role aligns with individuals who embrace a strong ownership mentality, take pride in their work, and contribute actively to a team-focused environment. The work is dynamic, involving daily customer interaction and problem-solving to ensure guest satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Yoke’s Fresh Market emphasizes leadership at all levels, encouraging associates in supervisory roles to lead by example and positively influence their team. The company values integrity, honesty, and teamwork and supports associates through various benefits such as paid holidays, vacation time, medical insurance, and a 401K plan with matching contributions. This role is essential in maintaining Yoke's reputation for fresh, high-quality meat and seafood products while delivering outstanding guest service, making it a rewarding opportunity for dedicated and customer-oriented professionals.