CHEESE SHOP/STEWARD

Kroger; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kroger Co. Cheese Department Associate is responsible for delivering outstanding customer service, maintaining a safe, clean environment, and helping customers find the right cheese products.

You will work closely with the Deli team to create an engaging shopping experience and uphold food safety and inventory standards. Responsibilities include answering questions, offering samples, stocking, labeling, checking freshness and dates, and ensuring correct portion sizes while minimizing waste.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills required.
• Basic math knowledge needed.
• Ability to handle stressful situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent knife skills for preparation tasks.
• Current food handlers permit required upon employment.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in the Cheese department and respond to product questions.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment and monitor temperatures.
• Prepare, package and inventory ingredients and merchandise.
• Label, stock and inventory department items; report discrepancies to the manager.
• Check product quality, freshness and sell-by dates; ensure proper portion sizes.

Skills

Effective communication

Math skills

Stress management

Knife skills

Food handler permit

Education

High school education or equivalent

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Responsible for achieving sales and profit goals established for the Cheese department, and monitor and control all established quality assurance standards. Work closely with Deli department to create an environment that is engaging to customers. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Inform customers of cheese specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size to prevent shrink.
• Measure, prepare and mix ingredients according to recipe, using variety of kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness. Review “sell by” dates and take appropriate action.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Display a positive attitude.
• Understand the store’s layout and be able to locate products when requested by customer.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risk, or issues and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum

• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Excellent knife skills
• Current food handlers permit once employed

Desired

• High school education or equivalent
• Management experience
• Retail experience
• Sous Chef experience
• Culinary Arts Experience/Background
• Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing