Pick & Prep Chef

Lowes Foods; Wendell (ID); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Wendell, Idaho is seeking a Pick & Prep associate to engage guests, prepare products, and showcase offerings with storytelling and knife skills. You will operate the Pick & Prep area to high standards and support merchandising and safety across the department.

The role emphasizes friendly service, ability to lift and move product, and teamwork with colleagues to ensure quality and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality with guest focus.
• Ability to actively engage guests and enhance experience.
• Willingness to have fun while serving customers.
• Ability to work well with others and be a team player.
• Physical ability to lift up to 25 lbs and occasionally 50 lbs.
• Basic reading comprehension and directions understanding.
• Knowledge of Pick & Prep operations or willingness to learn.
• Demonstrated knife skills and food preparation awareness.
• Good communication, guest service and selling skills.

Responsibilities

• Actively engage guests through product preparation and sampling.
• Provide superior guest service and story-tell product benefits.
• Demonstrate knife showmanship and service options.
• Operate Pick & Prep area according to standards.
• Ensure product quality meets Lowes Foods standards.
• Maintain sanitation and safety in department.
• Perform product prep, receiving, stocking and merchandising as needed.
• Make PA announcements as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Guest engagement

Suggestive selling

Storytelling

Knife skills

Teamwork

Physical stamina

Communication

Reading/comprehension

Computer/Scale operation

Tools

Scales

Point-of-sale system

Job description

Overview

To prepare Pick & Prep product and provide product preparation services to create a sensory and engaging experience for guests, while operating at or above company standards.

Responsibilities

• 1. Actively engage guests through product preparation, active sampling and suggestive selling.
• 2. To personally demonstrate superior guest service at all times. This will included but is not limited to story telling about specific products within the department, highlighting product benefits such as Fresh, Healthy, Seasonal and most importantly Local, etc..
• 3. Demonstrate knife showmanship skills to highlight the services and show offered at Pick & Prep
• 4. Operate the Pick & Prep area according to strict merchandising and operational standards.
• 5. Ensure the quality of product for sale meets Lowes Foods standards.
• 6. Maintain sanitation and safety throughout the department according to Lowes Foods standards.
• 7. Perform product preparation, receiving, ordering, stocking, merchandising and guest service as necessary to achieve standards.
• 8. Perform PA announcements.
• 9. Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• 1. Friendly, outgoing personality.
• 2. Must be able to actively engage guests. Willingness to have fun with our guests.
• 3. Ability to work well with others.
• 4. Ability to lift 25 lbs. consistently and 50 lbs. occasionally.
• 5. Ability to read and understand information and direction.
• 6. Knowledge of Pick & Prep operations.
• 7. Demonstrate ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job including knife skills.
• 8. Demonstrate effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
• 9. Must be at least 18 years old.
• 10. Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.
• 11. Ability to effectively communicate with, and take direction from supervision.
• 12. Ability to work well with computers and scales.

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