Meat Clerk

Kroger; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kroger Co. in Madison, WI is hiring for a Meat department associate to assist customers, stock, and maintain product quality. You will handle food preparation, temperature checks, and storefront presentation while upholding company policies and safety standards.

Role requires strong communication, teamwork, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Weekend/holiday availability is expected, with entry-level compensation and opportunities for growth within the store.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers promptly and greet them with quality food.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Communicate effectively with customers and associates.
• Maintain clean, neat, and friendly impressions for customers.
• Unload and store merchandise; prepare and display foods per standards.
• Monitor temperatures and ensure product freshness and safety.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and organized.
• Keep floors clean, safe, and free of clutter.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils per policies.
• Maintain proper signage, rotation, and space allocation for merchandise.
• Ensure equipment and facilities are maintained safely per procedures.
• Operate cash register according to company procedures.
• Work cooperatively in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational manner.
• Follow directions and seek assistance to resolve issues.
• Provide support to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults when interacting directly.
• Perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multitasking

Honesty

Integrity

Conflict resolution

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.