117 - AJ's Fine Foods Cheese Specialist - 67th Avenue & Beardsley

Responsibilities

• Engages with & educates our guests about artisan cheese while providing inspired hospitality.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of various cheese types, origins, flavor profiles, and aging processes.
• Maintains an inspired cheese department with attention to detail.
• Ensures cleanliness, signage, selection, and cross merchandising.
• Supports promotions through merchandising, pricing, product sampling and signage.
• Creates and maintains first-rate store conditions by sustaining excellent in-stock conditions and facing standards of cheese set, olive bar and cracker/condiment displays.
• Maintains cheese core set, seasonal variety, and store specific items.
• Executes cross-merchandising displays as planned.
• Plans and maintains an active sampling program that includes 2-3 scheduled samplings each week during peak hours.
• PARTICIPATES IN WEEKLY WINE AND CHEESE PAIRINGS AND ANNUAL EVENTS.
• RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING, RECEIVING, STOCKING, PRODUCT ROTATION, AND MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE PRODUCT LEVELS TO DRIVE SALES AND MINIMIZE SHRINKAGE.
• PARTICIPATES IN QUARTERLY VENDOR PRESENTATIONS AND CONTRIBUTES FEEDBACK TO CHEESE SELECTION.
• ENSURES ALL SAFETY AND SANITATION PROCESSES ARE FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND MAINTAINS A CLEAN AND ORGANIZED BACKSTOCK & PRODUCTION AREA.
• RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING CHEESE INVENTORY EACH PERIOD.
• SUPPORTS BISTRO DEPARTMENT TEAM LEADER IN ALL RELEVANT TASKS AND ASSIGNMENTS, AND PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AND TASKS AS ASSIGNED.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must be 21 years of age for any position that serves alcohol.