Kosher Deli Specialist - Hen House

Balls Foods; Leawood (KS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Balls Foods is seeking a candidate for a role focused on kosher retail food operations in Leawood, Kansas. The position requires adherence to kosher guidelines in all aspects of the department, including receiving, handling, and sales.

Responsibilities include customer service, product preparation, and maintaining compliance with operational standards. The ideal candidate will ensure strict kosher practices and uphold safety and hygiene standards during all tasks.

Responsibilities

• Greet and assist customers, ensuring high customer service standards.
• Prepare products for sale by wrapping, weighing, and pricing.
• Fill and build displays in department cases.
• Comply with guidelines set by Twin City Kashruth council.
• Review and comply with standard operating procedures.
• Clean and sanitize all equipment.
• Follow all food safety requirements.
• Maintain a safe environment following safety programs.
• Help maintain equipment through proper use and maintenance.
• Establish and maintain operational standards.

Job description

This position is accountable for understanding and adhering to all principles, guidelines and work practices associated with operating a kosher retail food operation.

In this role, he or she must maintain current knowledge of work practices associated with kosher compliance, including product vendor compliance, product receiving, storage, handling, processing and sales. This is a critically important component of the position responsibilities as strict adherence to all kosher guidelines is required to maintain kosher certification.

In addition, he or she performs all other work activities assigned to the department including but not limited to front of the house activities such as sales, customer service and merchandising and back of the house responsibilities such as receiving, inventory control, weighing, pricing, wrapping and stocking of products carried in the department.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Greet and provide assistance to customers. Model the Lund Food Holdings customer service standards at all times and ensure the departmental staff are doing the same.
• Prepare product for self-service sale by wrapping, weighing, and pricing in accordance with department specifications.
• Fill, stock, rotate and build displays in all department cases including frozen, luncheon meats, self-service fresh meat, and service meat and seafood cases.
• Follow guidelines as established by the Twin City Kashruth council.
• Understand and comply with all requirements surrounding product receiving, storage, handling, processing and sales.
• Review and comply with all standard operating procedures regarding kosher certification and retail food processing requirements to ensure that kosher certification is maintained.
• Clean and sanitize all power equipment, hand tools, case coolers, fixtures, and other equipment.
• Follow all food safety requirements including hand washing, temping, food storage and employee health.
• Maintain a safe and secure environment, adhering to all safety and security programs, guidelines and regulations.
• Help maintain equipment through proper use, cleaning, maintenance and repairs to maximize life expectancy and minimize cost of operation.
• Establish and maintain store specific operational standards and ensure compliance with company operational standards