Meat Clerk

Kroger; Okemos (MI); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a team member to support the Meat department with stock, cleanup, and customer service. You will greet customers, assist with their needs, and operate the register per Kroger procedures while maintaining a clean, safe, and organized department.

You will monitor product freshness and quality, adhere to health and safety standards, and work cooperatively with store teams in a fast-paced environment. Weekend and holiday availability is expected.

Qualifications

• Must have strong communication with customers and associates.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to resolve conflicts in a calm, cooperative manner.
• Act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Able to read shelf tags, signs, product labels, and training materials.

Responsibilities

• Perform general clean-up and stock work in the Meat department.
• Provide customer service and greet customers with a friendly, helpful attitude.
• Operate cash register in accordance with company procedures.
• Maintain clean, organized sales areas, backrooms, and coolers.
• Monitor product quality, freshness, and safe handling.
• Follow policies and health department procedures.

Skills

Communication with customers

Teamwork

Conflict resolution

Integrity

Reading labels

Multitasking

Initiative

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.
• 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.

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.