MEAT/CLERK

Kroger Family of Companies; Pagosa Springs (CO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies is hiring for a Meat department role in Pagosa Springs. You will perform general clean-up, stock duties, and customer service, ensuring product freshness and safety while adhering to company values.

The position requires strong communication, multitasking, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment. Weekend and holiday availability is expected, with emphasis on safety and quality.

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, and work with all levels of the organization.
• Personal initiative and follow through to completion.
• Team-oriented in a fast-paced environment.
• Safe handling of cleaning solutions and production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Wait on customers and greet them with quality service.
• Be prompt, tactful, calm, courteous, and professional in all interactions.
• Communicate clearly with customers and associates.
• Maintain clean, neat, and friendly impression for customers.
• Unload and stock merchandise, prepare foods per standards and policies.
• Monitor temperatures and ensure product freshness and safety.
• Keep sales areas, backrooms, and coolers clean and organized.
• Keep floors safe and clutter-free.
• Wash and sanitize cookware and utensils per health guidelines.
• Maintain signage, rotation, and appropriate space for merchandise.
• Operate cash register per company procedures.
• Handle conflicts professionally and with integrity.
• Support interactions with minors, disabled, and elderly where needed.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Multitasking

Teamwork

Reading shelf tags

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 multitask, 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 fastpaced 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.

$20.40 - $26.30 per hour