Meat Department Associate

Stripling's General Store; Ashland (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripling's General Store in Ashland, GA is seeking a Meat Department Associate to assist with meat preparation, display, and sales while ensuring food safety and excellent customer service.

You will prepare, cut, and package meat products, maintain cleanliness, stock and rotate inventory to ensure freshness, and help customers with product selection. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with meat handling preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of sanitation and food safety guidelines.
• Friendly and customer-focused attitude.
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cut, and package meat products as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the meat department.
• Stock and rotate meat inventory to ensure freshness.
• Assist customers with product selection and questions.
• Follow food safety and handling procedures.

Skills

Meat handling

Sanitation & safety

Customer service

Flexible shifts

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY
The Meat Department Associate assists with meat preparation, display, and sales while ensuring food safety and excellent customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare, cut, and package meat products as needed


• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the meat department


• Stock and rotate meat inventory to ensure freshness


• Assist customers with product selection and questions


• Follow food safety and handling procedures

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

• Experience with meat handling preferred but not required


• Knowledge of sanitation and food safety guidelines


• Friendly and customer-focused attitude


• Ability to work flexible shifts, including weekends and holidays

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.