MEAT/CLERK

Kroger Co.; Alamosa (CO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Co. in Alamosa, CO, is hiring for a Meat department associate. You will greet customers, stock and clean, and ensure foods are displayed safely and accurately. The role emphasizes teamwork, safety, and fast, friendly service across busy shifts.

The position requires Weekend/holiday availability, strong communication, and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. Training covers health, safety, and company policies while supporting minors and seniors as needed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates strong customer service and verbal communication skills.
• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs and product labels.
• Multitask efficiently and prioritize tasks.
• Adheres to safety, health and cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers promptly and cheerfully; greet and serve quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous and professional in all interactions.
• Communicate clearly with customers and associates.
• Maintain neat, clean and friendly impressions for customers.
• Unload, store and display merchandise per recipes and company standards.
• Perform temperature monitoring and ensure product quality and safety.
• Keep sales floors, backrooms and coolers clean and organized.
• Operate cash register per company procedures.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Multitasking

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

Job description

Perform general clean-up and stock work in the Meat department and provide customer service.Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Wait on customers and counter promptly and cheerfully. Greet customers and provide them with good quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Must be able to communicate with customers and associates.
• Make clean, neat, and friendly impression on customers.
• Unload and store merchandise, prepare and display foods in accordance with company standards, recipes, and policies.
• Perform required temperature monitoring.
• Monitor product quality; make sure it is always fresh and safe.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and well organized.
• Keep floors clean, safe, and free from clutter.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils in accordance with company and Health Department policies and procedures.
• Maintain proper signage, product rotation, freshness, quantity, quality and proper space allocation for merchandise.
• Maintain equipment and facilities properly and safely in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures, as well as State and Federal laws.
• Operate cash register in accordance with company procedures, as applicable.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills that engage our customers and associates.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs, product labels, training materials, and bulletins.
• Ability to multitask, set priorities, present information in a professional manner and work with all levels of the organization.
• Personal initiative and follow through to completion.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fastpaced environment.
• Must be able to work with various cleaning solutions, safely use sharp tools, and carefully operate all production equipment.

Desired

• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity.
• Previous experience in food preparation.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to employment practices, safety, and food handling.
• Experience in grocery retail and customer service.

$17.90 - $23.55 per hour