Overview
Central Market is a specialty grocery store that started in Austin, Texas in 1994, and has expanded to multiple locations across the state. We offer a wide selection of fresh and high-quality food and beverages, sourcing directly from the best producers around the world. With extensive varieties of cheeses, wines, produce, and a team of experts,
Central Market is a paradise for food enthusiasts. Our mission goes beyond just selling food; we aim to unite families and communities, preserve cultures, and foster new traditions. Each store serves as a marketplace for exchanging goods, services, and ideas for those passionate about food.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Production Specialist with flexible availability including days, evenings, and weekends to work with our freshest ingredients. The role involves working under supervision, applying basic to advanced skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials, and equipment relevant to the specialization. Knowledge of specialized subject matter is required.
The duties of this position include:
- Mixing, shaping, baking, wrapping, and stocking products
- Ensuring quality control of all products before they are sent to the sales floor
- Maintaining sanitation standards in the department
- Organizing back storage, freezer, walk-in, and production areas
- Reading and executing daily production lists
- Calculating weights, discounts, percentages, and volumes
- Providing customer service, answering questions, and taking orders by phone
- Monitoring the quality of goods and shrinkage
- Ordering and receiving products and supplies
- Maintaining transfer records
- Preparing, wrapping, pricing, selling, and stocking products continuously
- Demonstrating or preparing customer samples for self-serve
- Delivering excellent customer service
- Using suggestive selling techniques to maximize sales
Requirements:
- Experience with commercial production preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to handle stressful situations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to lift and carry moderate to heavy loads (minimum of 50 lbs.)
- Ability to bend, reach, push, and pull
- Flexibility to work overnight, days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to inform customers about ingredients
- Valuing diversity
- 2-5 years of related experience required