Kitchen Sales Associate

Harmons Grocery; Midvale (UT); On-site; USD 42,981,000 - 54,013,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmons Grocery in Utah is looking for a kitchen department associate to deliver exceptional customer service while handling, packaging, and stocking fresh kitchen items. You will maintain product quality, assist with display and pricing, and support the kitchen team during busy periods.

The role requires a Food Handler’s Permit, strong communication, and the ability to work weekends and evenings. Join Harmons’ mission to provide excellent service and fresh, high-quality products to customers.

Qualifications

• Current Food Handler’s Permit.
• Must enjoy working with and handling food products.
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures.
• Excellent organization and planning skills.
• Must possess solid communication skills, including verbal and listening skills to communicate with customers and fellow associates effectively and efficiently.
• Must possess the ability to accept constructive review and be accountable for one’s own success as well as the success of your team.
• Must possess integrity, a positive attitude, be mission-driven, and be self-directed with a demonstrated passion for Harmons’ mission and commitment to working collaboratively.
• Continually strives to be product minded, customer minded, personnel minded, detailed, forward focused, and consistent.
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Follow store policies and procedures.
• Maintain quality and freshness of kitchen products and services.
• Manage product assortment and inventory levels for the kitchen.
• Confirm pricing accuracy and signage, especially ad items.
• Keep kitchen clean and sanitized daily.
• Serve prepared salads and entrees from the chef case.
• Slice meats and cheeses to order.
• Deliver excellent customer service to all customers.
• Package kitchen products and display them on the sales floor.
• Restock kitchen department and sort/put away deliveries.

Skills

Food handling

Customer service

Communication skills

Policy interpretation

Organization

Accountability

Integrity

Teamwork

Availability for weekends/evenings/hol

Job description

$15.00 - $18.85 PER HOUR

The purpose of this position is to sell Harmons’ fresh kitchen items by providing remarkable customer service. This person will package product, fill shelves, stock the kitchen department, ensure cleanliness of the department, assist in other areas of the kitchen as needed, and provide exceptional customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follows established departmental and store policies and procedures
• Ensures the quality and freshness of all products and services the kitchen provides
• Responsible for maintaining the appropriate product assortment and inventory levels for the kitchen
• Confirms pricing accuracy and signage for all products, paying particular attention to ad items
• Ensures the kitchen is cleaned and sanitized daily and meets the company standards for appearance
• Serves chef prepared salads and entrees from the chef case
• Slices meats and cheeses to order
• Delivers excellent customer service to all customers
• Packages kitchen products and puts them out on the sales floor
• Re-stocks the kitchen department and helps sort and put away kitchen products when deliveries come in
• Assists as needed throughout the kitchen department

MARGINIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

NATURE OF WORK CONTACTS:

• Consistent and daily interaction with store associates
• Consistent and daily interaction with customers

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Current Food Handler’s Permit
• Must enjoy working with and handling food products
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Must possess solid communication skills, including verbal and listening skills to communicate with customers and fellow associates effectively and efficiently
• Must possess the ability to accept constructive review and be accountable for one’s own success as well as the success of your team
• Must possess integrity, a positive attitude, be mission-driven, and be self-directed with a demonstrated passion for Harmons’ mission and commitment to working collaboratively
• Continually strives to be product minded, customer minded, personnel minded, detailed, forward focused, and consistent
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays

PHYSICAL/SENSORY DEMANDS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable store environment with the possibility of frequent exposure to hot, cold, and wet conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to grasp, push, pull, carry, stoop, twist, crouch, and reach; perform tasks requiring repetitive motion and eye, hand, and foot coordination; hear and respond to customer inquiries. Also requires standing, walking, and bending throughout the entire workday and the ability to maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds from location to location.