Market Clerk

Job Summary

Ensures market and seafood cases are kept full, rotated, and fresh with prepackaged meats. Performs basic duties including trimming, weighing, packaging, and labeling products as needed, as well as promotes customer service.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists with cutting, weighing, packaging, and labeling product.
• Uses non-precision and precision tools and/or instruments to cut or trim unfinished meat products into desired sizes, shapes, and/or weight.
• Adheres to quality control and food safety standards by stocking and rotating market products.
• Cleans, assembles, and prepares equipment for operation, and examines to check working order.
• Promotes product sales through use of suggestive selling initiatives.
• Stacks pallets and sorts product into correct locations according to Company efficiency standards and expectations.
• Provides friendly and customer-service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions and taking orders by phone and in person.
• Maintains clean, safe and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to Company safety procedures.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to read and operate digital equipment, meters, dials, and/or calibrated scales.
• Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment.
• Ability to safely work with sharp objects such as knives, meat grinder, box cutters, etc.
• Ability to use non-precision and precision hand tools.
• Ability to operate a manual or electric pallet jack.
• Ability to safely operate hazardous tools and equipment such as a bailer, etc.
• Ability to work well with fellow partners and promote a team environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate (in written and verbal form) with customers and partners.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• Must be 18 years of age to operate and clean motorized equipment.
• Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy.
• Typically involves on-the-job training.
• Food Handler certification required.

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Frequently required to bend, kneel, squat, or stoop.
• Frequently required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs.
• Attendance at work is required.

Work Context And Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store.
• Frequently exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather).
• Frequently exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.
• Frequently exposed to equipment with sharp blades or edges.
• Frequently exposed to cleaning agents.
• Moderate to loud noise level.

Company Information

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) is based in Tyler, Texas, and operates five unique banners across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. BGC is committed to creating a workplace where employees can thrive, offering comprehensive benefits, ownership opportunities, and a supportive team environment. BGC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a safe, drug and alcohol-free workplace.