Meat - Clerk

Lazy Acres Natural Market; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Lazy Acres Natural Market is seeking a Meat Clerk for our Meat Department. The role involves learning department procedures, codes, and cooking basics for meat products, and assisting customers by retrieving items from behind the counters.

You will label, weigh, and package items accurately, set up displays, and maintain orderly shelves and displays across coolers and trays to ensure a high standard of customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED preferred; or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Learn procedures and products offered for sale in the Meat Department.
• Learn all codes used in the Meat Department.
• Learn general cooking procedures and usage for all meat products.
• Learn the production of prepared food items (marinades and stuffers).
• Satisfy customer requests by obtaining items from behind the Meat Department counters.
• Label and package customer purchases to avoid spills or leakage and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Accurately scales all weighable merchandise with correct tare codes to determine price.
• Set up displays and stock shelves, coolers, counters, bins, tables, freezers, containers, or trays with new merchandise.

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title: Meat Clerk

Department: Meat

Reports To: Meat Manager

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Meat Clerk obtains or prepares food items requested by customers by performing the following duties. (Other duties may be assigned):

• Responsible for learning procedures and products offered for sale in the Meat Department.
• Must learn all codes used in the Meat Department.
• Responsible to learn general cooking procedures and usage for all meat products.
• Responsible for learning the production of prepared food items. (marinades and stuffers)
• Satisfies customer requests by obtaining items from behind the Meat Department counters.
• Labels and packages customer purchases in such a way as to avoid spills or leakage and to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Accurately scales all weighable merchandise, including the use of correct tare codes, to determine price.
• Set up displays and stock shelves, coolers, counters, bins, tables, freezers, containers, or trays with new merchandise.

Education and/or Experience

High School diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the Meat Clerk is regularly required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger; handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.The Meat Clerk occasionally is required to reach with hands and arms.The Meat Clerk is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.The Meat Clerk must frequently lift and /or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and color vision.