Full-Time
Deli Manager
Updated on 8/1/2026
Schnucks
No salary listed
Kirkwood, MO, USA + 5 more
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In Person
Category
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Required Skills
Customer Service
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Able to demonstrate basic math skills, including translating pounds and ounces into decimals.
- Able to work a flexible schedule, including nights, holidays, and weekends.
- Use of a hair restraint, such as a hair net or hat, is required.
- Must wear a clean uniform and name tag at all times.
- Must consistently use cut gloves and safely use knives.
- Must utilize poly or production gloves at all times to ensure food safety.
- Must wear slip-resistant shoes at all times.
- Must be able to determine spoiled or damaged product.
- Must be able to work with sharp knives, slicers, box cutters, and related equipment with attention to detail.
- Must be in good standing and not on a performance improvement plan or active discipline for internal applications.
- If invited for an interview, internal candidates must have manager approval based on performance.
Responsibilities
- Provide friendly and courteous service to customers in person and on the phone.
- Maintain a positive work environment.
- Maintain cleanliness of the work area, equipment, deli cases, and backroom according to food safety and sanitation guidelines.
- Follow personal hygiene requirements, time and temperature controls, food handling practices, and sanitation principles.
- Safely lift up to 50 pounds and follow safe lifting procedures.
- Wear provided personal protective equipment when required, including cut gloves and chemical goggles or gloves.
- Safely operate powered equipment after proper training.
- Follow safe handling procedures for knives and other sharp utensils.
- Slice and weigh lunch meats and cheeses, allowing customers to approve slice thickness before completing orders.
- Use product knowledge, suggestive selling, and product sampling to answer customer questions and support product-related decisions.
- Fill, rotate, and date products for the display case.
- Operate meat and cheese slicers, scales, and wrapping equipment.
- Use cooking equipment, including fryers, rotisserie ovens, and steamers, and fry chicken properly.
- Prepare sandwiches, party trays, salads, and special orders according to company recipes.
- Pull products from cases for proper storage at closing, including filling, rotating, and wrapping.
- Ensure food freshness and proper product rotation; assist with production, packaging, presentation, and restocking.
- Multitask while keeping the customer as the first priority.
- Maintain reliable attendance.
- Offer product samples to help customers discover new items.
- Follow safety, health, and weights and measures regulations; observe temperatures in coolers and cases and report failures to management.
- Answer the phone and take special orders courteously.
- Perform bending, stooping, kneeling, stretching into display cases, repetitive arm and hand movements, and standing and walking during four- to eight-hour shifts.
- Complete training before the first scheduled workday in the store.
- Assist with other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Food preparation experience is a plus.
- A minimum of six months of employment with Schnucks is preferred for store or facility teammates.
- A minimum of one year of employment with Schnucks is preferred for Store Support Center teammates.