Food Service Ambassador - Cosentino's Price Chopper #415 - 2600 Ensign Hill Drive, Platte City, MO

Essential Knowledge

A food handling permit must be obtained within the first 14 days of employment.

Essential Job Functions

• Greet and assist customers and co-workers in a courteous manner.
• Prepare food for sampling and selling.
• Be familiar with the items you are sampling or selling so you can accurately and courteously answer customer questions.
• Know where the product is located and know the recipe/ingredients of the product that you are sampling or selling.
• Make decisions concerning product display to make the item the most visually appealing to our customer.
• Unload or load carts.
• Operate and maintain any small appliances needed for demo or selling.
• Transport product from coolers, freezers or shelf to demo/food selling station.
• Keep demo station/food selling station clean/free of trash and clutter.
• Always wear sanitary gloves when sampling or selling product.
• Always heat products to the correct temperature to avoid any safety hazard.
• Know and implement the Cosentino's Customer Service Standards.
• Understand, comply and practice all health regulations, sanitation guidelines and safety procedures for your store.
• Assure the safety of self, customers and co-workers by understanding and practicing store safety rules.
• Demonstrate the strong verbal and interpersonal skills necessary for positive customer and peer interactions.
• Demonstrate the basic math and reading skills required for the position.
• Promote sales by engaging with all customers, offering your product, suggesting additional products, offering samples.
• Support your company by completing additional tasks identified by management, assisting other stores or departments as needed and gaining new skills when necessary.

Physical Abilities

• Reaching, twisting at the waist and lifting objects with both hands weighing up to 10 lbs.
• Pushing and pulling Demo Cart/Food selling station and grocery items to the proper locations as needed, up to a peak force of 10 lbs.
• Standing and walking for long periods of time on tile, asphalt, concrete or other hard surfaces.
• Occasionally lifting and carrying up to 10 lbs.
• Bending and squatting, at times all the way to floor level.
• Able to work in colder conditions of the grocery coolers and freezers.