MEAT/CLERK

Kroger; East Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Kroger in East Peoria, IL is seeking a Meat Department team member to assist with stock, cleaning, and customer service. You will greet customers, handle merchandise, and follow company standards.

The role emphasizes safety, adherence to policies, and effective communication with customers and colleagues. Weekend and holiday availability is desired; prior food preparation or retail experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Willing to work weekends and holidays.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs, product labels, training materials, and bulletins.
• Effective written and verbal communication with customers and associates.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities, and work with all levels of the organization.
• Personal initiative and follow through to completion.
• Team player in a fast-paced environment.
• Must safely use cleaning solutions, sharp tools, and production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and greet them cheerfully.
• Greet customers and provide them with good quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional.
• Communicate with customers and associates.
• Make clean, neat, and friendly impression on customers.
• Unload and store merchandise; prepare and display foods per standards.
• Perform temperature monitoring and ensure freshness and safety.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and organized.
• Keep floors clean and safe.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils per policies.
• Maintain signage, rotation, freshness, quantity, quality, and space allocation.
• Maintain equipment and facilities safely per procedures.
• Adhere to company policies and state/federal laws.
• Operate cash register per procedures.
• Work cooperatively in high-paced and sometimes stressful environments.
• Manage conflicts in a nonconfrontational manner.
• Act with honesty and integrity regarding information.
• Follow directions and seek assistance to resolve issues.
• Provide support to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
• Perform essential functions with or without accommodation.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Multitasking

Conflict resolution

Honesty

Follow directions

Safety awareness

Job description

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 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.