Meat Clerk

Kroger - Virginia; Cave Spring (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger - Virginia is seeking team members for the Meat department to assist customers, stock, and maintain high standards of cleanliness and food safety.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, handling merchandise, temperature monitoring, and ensuring compliance with policies and health regulations while working in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Effective written and verbal communication engaging customers and colleagues.
• Ability to read shelf tags, signs and product labels.
• Multi-tasking, prioritization, and professional communication.
• Shows personal initiative and follows through to completion.
• Works well in a fast-paced team environment.
• Handles cleaning solutions safely and operates production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and provide cheerful service in meat dept.
• Greet customers and offer high-quality food items.
• Maintain clean, neat, and friendly impressions for customers.
• Unload/store merchandise and prepare/display foods per standards.
• Monitor temperature and ensure product freshness and safety.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers organized and clean.
• Operate cash register following company procedures when needed.
• Adhere to company policies, health rules, and safety regulations.
• Collaborate with team to resolve customer issues calmly.

Skills

Weekend availability

Written & verbal communication

Read shelf tags & labels

Multi-tasking & prioritization

Teamwork in fast-paced env

Safety with chemicals/equipment

Honesty & integrity

Following directions & seeking help

Job description

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 multi-task, 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 fast-paced 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.