Meat Clerk

Cardenas Markets LLC; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardenas Markets LLC is seeking a Meat Clerk to join our team. The role includes washing, inspecting, and rotating meat products, stocking displays, and ensuring up-to-date expirations. Strong teamwork and customer service are essential for success.

Responsibilities include working with the team to provide excellent service, verifying prices, managing signs, ordering inventory for meats, and maintaining clean, compliant displays and sanitation standards.

Qualifications

• Valid Food Handlers Card.
• Prior food preparer experience at a grocery store preferred.
• Friendly and people oriented; able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service as part of the team.
• Verify prices, update sales signs, and remove outdated ones.
• Order and inventory meat, seafood, and poultry as needed.
• Assist customers with product-related questions to aid decisions.
• Maintain neat department and meat displays; ensure sanitation guidelines are followed.

Skills

Food safety

Customer service

Team player

Fast-paced environment

Job description

At Cardenas Markets, how we work is defined by shared values that include absolute integrity, respect, and collaboration. However, it's more than that; it's smart and highly driven people united in purpose to serve one another. Bring your energy and unique perspective and you'll have the opportunity to grow with us professionally, personally, and financially. You will be part of a team that genuinely cares about helping you succeed, and you will work alongside talented colleagues while making a difference in our communities.

Position Summary

Cardenas Markets is seeking a retail store Meat Clerk to join our team. The Meat Clerk is responsible for washing, inspecting, and rotating all meat products, along with ensuring displays are stocked with new merchandise and ensuring expirations are up to date. The Meat Clerk must possess strong teamwork and customer service skills.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Work professionally as part of the team and provide excellent customer service;
• Verify prices, hang current sales signs, and removes out-of-date sales signs;
• Order and inventory required meats, seafood, and poultry;
• Sell products by providing customers with information needed to make product-related decisions;
• Ensure neat appearance of department and meat displays;
• Comply with sanitation and health guidelines.

Skills And Qualifications

• Valid Food Handlers Card;
• Prior food preparer experience at a grocery store preferred;
• Must be friendly and people oriented;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Demands And Work Conditions

• WALKING: Continuously, throughout the shift, while moving about the store and obtaining product.
• STANDING: Continuously, throughout the shift.
• LIFTING: Ability to lift up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift up to 40 lbs.

Important Disclaimer Notice

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business or the work environment change.

Disclaimer

Pay Scale $18.25 to $20.80.

The pay scale above is a good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position. Within this range, individual pay is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, specific skills, relevant work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with California Labor Code

• 432.3 and state and local minimum wage standards.