Food Prep

About the role

Part-time position with availability for days and evenings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure grocery deliveries are accurate, stocked, attractively displayed, and priced correctly in compliance with company guidelines for maximizing sales, profitability, and customer service.
• Complete build-to’s for ordering and purchasing merchandise.
• Maintain inventory by checking in deliveries, pricing items, and stocking merchandise according to schematic.
• Validate deliveries by verifying invoices and reviewing discrepancies with the Store Manager; deliver outdated merchandise to the Store Manager to ensure accurate billing.
• Prepare displays by assembling, dating, and price marking in-store displays.
• Rotate food items and monitor quality and freshness measures to protect customers from illness.
• Monitor and maintain food preparation areas and display cases to attract and retain customers.
• Assist in training new associates with an emphasis on excellent customer service when necessary.
• Monitor and organize inventory to prevent out-of-stock items that customers may seek.
• Provide prompt, excellent customer service in a courteous, friendly, and attentive manner; greet customers upon entry and thank them upon departure.
• Resolve or assist in resolving routine customer concerns within established guidelines.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Perform cleaning tasks including sweeping, mopping, dusting, washing windows, counters, displays, store areas, and bathrooms.
• Pick up and dispose of trash, litter, or debris; inspect store facilities and equipment for safety, cleanliness, and proper working order.
• Clean, sanitize, and maintain food service equipment to protect customers from illness.
• Attend job-related meetings, which may require working irregular hours.
• Maintain intradepartmental workflow by fostering a spirit of cooperation and complying with company policies and procedures.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Perform all duties with minimal supervision and as assigned by the Store Manager.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 18 years old.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in retail sales preferred.
• Ability to work as scheduled and arrive to work on time.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.
• Ability to perform the four basic arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to be exposed to cold or warm temperature extremes, including occasional work in a walk-in cooler and/or freezer and outdoors.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds from ground to overhead (e.g., assisting in stocking/maintaining inventory levels).
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds from ground to waist (e.g., replenishing fountain syrups).
• Ability to grasp, reach, and manipulate objects with hands for the entire shift (requires eye-hand coordination).
• Ability to push/pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds (e.g., utilizing a hand-truck).
• Able to reach overhead for objects.
• Ability to bend and twist at the waist.
• Ability to communicate orally.
• Ability to operate a cash register and/or computer keyboard.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, squat, bend, push, and pull.
• Ability to work alone.
• Exposure to occasional noise.
• Ability to stand and/or walk for an entire shift.
• May require climbing a ladder to store and retrieve materials or place and remove signs.

Work Environment

• Perform approximately 95% of all work indoors, but may be required to clean parking lots, gas pumps, and take out garbage.
• Take out garbage during the day or early evening hours.
• Exposure to extreme cold temperatures while performing occasional work in a walk-in cooler and/or freezer.
• Exposure to occasional noise.
• Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.