Kitchen- Prep Clerk

About the Role

Prepare food and display product in the department in a careful, clean, neat, and expedient manner while ensuring all product is fresh, rotated, and well-stocked for customers. Maintain great customer service and adhere to company standards.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate capability to work with customers and handle transactions in a courteous, friendly manner.
• Go out of your way to satisfy customer requests for assistance and provide continuous attention to customers’ needs at the service counter.
• Offer assistance in finding or suggesting product selection and answer questions about food products.
• Guarantee outstanding product quality and presentation through cooperation with the kitchen manager.
• Keep all kitchen ingredients or merchandise rotated in accordance with company policy (first in, first out) and product code dates.
• Participate actively in shrink control, use proper tares, check scales for accuracy, and minimize waste.
• Demonstrate learned skills in product preparation, selling, and display techniques.
• Practice proper sanitation procedures, follow all sanitation guidelines, and maintain company standards of safety and food handling.
• Monitor cooler and display area temperatures to ensure product quality; report refrigeration failure immediately.
• Operate and clean department equipment and tools.
• Restock and use supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and maintain low supply costs.
• Clean utensils, work tables, display cases, cooler and freezer, walls, fans, drains, and countertops.
• Present a favorable impression in dress, personal hygiene, and business attitude.
• Notify management of associate theft, customer shoplifting, unauthorized markdowns, or property defacement.
• Complete onboarding/e-learnings and checklist within 30 days of hire.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Successful completion of company training program.
• Completed a course in food safety, either mini class or full certification.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English, with the ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to work a schedule based on the business needs of the store location.
• Authorized to work within the U.S.
• Commit to the “Golden Rule” and work in a style that is Respectful, Supportive, and Totally Team Oriented (RSTO).

Physical Demands

• Occasionally (1-33%): Pushing and pulling up to 250 lbs, lifting up to 50 lbs, climbing up to 8 feet, kneeling, and crouching.
• Frequently (34-66%): Carrying up to 50 lbs, bending, balancing, stooping, and reaching at waist or overhead.
• Continuously (67-100%): Standing or walking on tile or concrete, handling, fingering, feeling, talking, seeing, smelling, and hearing.

Safety Risk Factors

• Occasionally (1-33%): Loud noise, cluttered floor surface, contact with skin irritants, toxic exposure, nuisance dust, fumes, sprays, and hazardous cleaning solutions.
• Frequently (34-66%): Twisting or back and neck strain, slippery floor surface, and contact with sharp objects.
• Continuously (67-100%): Hazardous equipment (mechanical moving parts).

Machines, Tools, and Equipment Utilized

• Food processor, grill, slicer, knives, kitchen utensils, case cutter, warmer, oven, fryer, smoker, electronic scales, mixer, shrink film wrap, pallet jack, power jack, pressure washer, trash compactor.

Working Conditions

Working environment is primarily inside and may include exposure to cold and hot temperatures. Continuous movement of the entire body is required.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $15.00 - $17.90 per hour, depending on factors including but not limited to education, experience, qualifications, and internal equity.