MEAT/CLERK

Kroger; Mount Juliet (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a motivated team member for the Meat department to provide excellent customer service and uphold cleanliness standards. You will be responsible for interacting with customers, managing food preparation, and maintaining a safe and organized work area.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills, be dependable, and have previous grocery retail experience. Willingness to work weekends and holidays is required, and familiarity with food handling regulations is essential.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work weekends and holidays.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when needed.
• Knowledge of safety and food handling regulations.
• Experience in grocery retail is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers promptly and cheerfully.
• Monitor product quality and ensure freshness.
• Perform clean-up and stock work in the Meat department.
• Adhere to company and health department policies.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Teamwork

Dependability

Food preparation experience

Customer service experience

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.
• 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.