Meat Clerk

Kroger Family of Companies; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a Meat department team member in Duluth, GA. You will perform general clean-up, stock work, and customer service while upholding company values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, stocking, displaying foods, monitoring temperatures, ensuring freshness and safety, operating the cash register, and maintaining clean, organized areas. Weekend availability and teamwork are required.

Qualifications

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Effective written and verbal communication with customers and associates.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs, labels, and training materials.
• Ability to multitask, set priorities and work with all levels of the organization.
• Personal initiative and follow-through to completion.
• Able to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable handling cleaning solutions and production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and greet them with good quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Communicate effectively with customers and associates.
• Ensure clean, neat, and friendly storefront impressions.
• Unload and stock merchandise; prepare and display foods per standards.
• Monitor temperatures and ensure product quality is safe and fresh.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and organized.
• Maintain floors free of clutter and hazards.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils per policies.
• Maintain proper signage, rotation, freshness, quantity and space for merchandise.
• Operate cash register per procedures; handle transactions as applicable.
• Work cooperatively in high-paced, sometimes stressful environments.
• Manage conflicts in a calm, cooperative manner.
• Follow directions and escalate issues to resolve customer concerns.
• Provide support to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multitasking

Professional demeanor

Honesty & integrity

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.