Food Co-worker (Cashier)

IKEA Gruppe; Dartmouth; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness days

Extended health, dental, and vision coverage

RRSP with IKEA contribution matching

Annual IKEA bonus incentive plan

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Merchandise and restaurant discounts

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

IKEA Gruppe in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia is hiring a Food Co-worker to enhance customer experiences through excellent service and food preparation. You will engage with customers, prepare food, and maintain a safe and clean environment.

This role requires at least one year of related experience and offers benefits like health coverage, wellness days, and an annual bonus incentive. Join us to create a better everyday life for many!

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of related experience.
• Previous experience in a hospitality or food service role preferable, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Meet and greet the customer, identify their overall needs.
• Implement best practices for merchandising food dishes.
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of food production areas.
• Prepare and operate Point-of-Sale solutions.
• Receive, store, and replenish stock items.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Food service knowledge

Job description

What you'll need to have

• Minimum 1 year of related experience
• Previous experience in a hospitality or food service role preferable, but not required

A day in your life with us

• Meet and greet the customer, identify their overall needs to support and serve them in the best way by asking the right questions, provide advice about food content and menu choices, and ensure that they have everything they need. Handle any customer enquiries and complaints.
• Implement best practices and actions that enable commercialisation of food dishes and products for competitive advantage in selling points and in meeting with the customer. Merchandise and maintain the food dishes and products to secure food availability, quality, and presentation at the point of service.
• Ensure that the food production, service, and seating areas are clean, maintained, organised, and safe at the start, during and end of shift. Prepare and operate the Point-of-Sale solutions to take payment for customer orders.
• Create the daily food menu from preparation and production planning, using the ingredients and equipment to prepare, produce, cook, and serve the dishes/meals in line with operational and food safety requirements.
• Receive, store, and replenish stock items to secure safe and quality ingredients, and perform operational tasks connected to waste and inventory management processes.

Why you will love us

Vision and values

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co‑workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co‑worker development.

Benefits

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Food Co‑worker. The starting rate/salary for this position ranges from 19.25 CAD to 21 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.