Food Prep

Store location: 2408 Bell Ave, Elk City, Oklahoma 73644

Shift availability: Weekdays and weekends required | Part-time

Responsibilities

• Food Merchandising
  • 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 and purchasing merchandise.
  • Maintain inventory by checking in delivery, pricing items, and stocking merchandise according to schematic.
  • Validate deliveries by verifying invoices, reviewing discrepancies with the Store Manager, and handling outdated merchandise.
  • Prepare displays by assembling, dating, and price marking in-store displays.
  • Rotate food items and monitor quality and freshness to protect customers from illness.
  • Monitor and maintain food preparation area and display cases to attract and retain customers.
  • Assist in training new associates with an emphasis on excellent customer service.
  • Monitor and organize inventory to prevent stockouts.
• Customer Satisfaction
  • 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.
• Facility Condition
  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Sweep, mop, or clean floors; dust 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.
• Administrative
  • Attend job-related meetings (may require irregular hours).
  • Maintain intradepartmental workflow by fostering 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 clearly.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) preferred.
• Ability to perform essential duties and physical functions described.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to be exposed to cold or warm temperature extremes, including occasional work in a walk-in cooler, freezer, and outdoors.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds from ground to overhead (e.g., stocking inventory).
• 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 an entire shift, requiring eye-hand coordination.
• Ability to push or pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds (e.g., utilizing a hand-truck).
• Ability 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.
• 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 work indoors but may be required to clean parking lots, gas pumps, or take out garbage.
• Exposure to extreme cold temperatures while working in a walk-in cooler or freezer.
• Exposure to occasional noise.
• Work with minimum direction and periodic supervision.