Food Prep

Location: 14 Missing Link Rd, Springfield, Vermont 05156. This full-time position requires weekday and weekend availability.

About the role

The position involves food merchandising, customer service, facility maintenance, and administrative duties in a Circle K store. The incumbent ensures grocery deliveries are accurate, stocked, attractively displayed, and priced correctly; prepares and serves quality food and beverages; maintains a safe and clean work environment; and supports team operations with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Comply with company guidelines for maximizing sales, profitability, and customer service by ensuring all grocery deliveries are accurate, stocked, attractively displayed, and priced correctly.
• Complete build-to’s for ordering/purchasing merchandise.
• Maintain inventory by checking in deliveries, pricing items, and stocking merchandise according to schematic.
• Validate deliveries by verifying invoices; review discrepancies with Store Manager; deliver outdated merchandise to Store Manager to ensure charges match deliveries.
• Prepare displays by assembling, dating, and price marking in-store displays.
• Rotate food items, monitoring quality and freshness measures to protect customers from illness.
• Monitor and maintain food preparation area and display cases to attract and retain customers.
• Assist training new associates (with an emphasis on excellent customer service) when necessary.
• Monitor and organize inventory to prevent out-of-stock situations.
• Provide prompt, excellent customer service in a courteous, friendly, and attentive manner; greet customers as they enter and thank them as they leave.
• Resolve or assist in resolving routine customer concerns within established guidelines.
• Report to work on time and follow the dress and appearance code.
• Prepare and serve quality food and beverage to satisfy customer needs.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Sweep and mop or clean floors; dust and/or wash 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 (may be required to work irregular hours).
• Maintain intradepartmental workflow by fostering a spirit of cooperation.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Perform all duties with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties 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, including arriving 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, divide) preferred.
• Ability to perform essential duties and physical functions described below.
• Ability to work in the conditions described below.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to be exposed to cold or warm temperature extremes performing 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., to replenish fountain syrups).
• Ability to grasp, reach, and manipulate objects with hands for 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 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.
• Be exposed 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 required to clean parking lots, gas pumps, take out garbage, etc.
• 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.

Pay

Hiring range: $14.42 to $16.50 per hour.

Schedule

• Full-time.
• Shift availability: weekdays and weekends required.