DELI/CLERK

Kroger Family of Companies; Normandy Park (WA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies in Normandy Park, WA is seeking a Deli Clerk to deliver an outstanding customer experience by providing courteous service, maintaining a clean, safe environment, and supporting the department in achieving sales goals.

You will prepare items for cold case and hot bars, label and rotate products, handle ingredients per recipes, and respond to customer questions with product knowledge while adhering to food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Outstanding customer service skills.
• Desire to understand food production and basic cooking techniques.
• Effective communication and teamwork.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good basic math skills.
• Ability to obtain a current food handler's permit once employed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars per customer requests.
• Measure, prepare, and mix ingredients using kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Label, date, rotate, and monitor quality and freshness of deli items.
• Gain product knowledge and respond to questions with recommendations.
• Provide excellent customer service and model suggestive selling.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Perform other duties assigned by store leadership.

Skills

Outstanding customer service

Food production basics

Effective communication

Team player

Strong work ethic

Math skills

Food handlers permit

Job description

The role of a Deli Clerk:

• A Kroger Deli Clerk creates an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service while encouraging other associates to do the same.
• As a Deli team member, you will establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return.
• Deli Clerk assists the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitors all established quality assurance standards.
• Most importantly, as a Deli team member you should demonstrate Kroger’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

What you’ll get from us:

Comprehensive Benefits: Healthcare, Emotional, Financial, and More:

• The Kroger Family of Companies offers a wide range of health care coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, to associates through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Paid time off such as vacation and sick leave.

RESPONSIBILITIES As a Deli Clerk you will:

• Prepare food items for the cold case, fresh pack, salad, and hot bars per customer requests

• Measure, prepare, and mix ingredients according to the recipe, using a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment such as fryers and slicers

• Ensure that all the deli items are labeled, dated, covered, rotated, and monitored for quality and freshness

• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the deli department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products

• Provide excellent customer service, address the needs of customers in a timely and effective manner, and model suggestive selling techniques

• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines

• Be asked to perform the essential functions of this position and other duties as assigned by the store leadership with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS What we need from you:

• Outstanding customer service skills

• Desire to gain an understanding of food production and basic cooking techniques

• Effective communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team

• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fastpaced environment with a sense of urgency

• Good basic math skills

• Ability to obtain current food handlers permit once employed

$17.38 – $26.85 per hour