MEAT/CUTTER CLERK

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return.
• Aid the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals.
• Maintain quality assurance standards.
• Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service.
• Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Qualifications

• Minimum Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Current food handlers permit once employed
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Desired Meat experience
• Retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)

Skills

• Promote trust and respect among associates
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated
• Answer questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about
• Inform customers of meat specials
• Provide customers with fresh/frozen products that they have ordered and the correct portion size
• Recommend meat items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
• Use all equipment in meat department such as the refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to company guidelines
• Prepare food to company standards
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise
• Check product quality to ensure freshness
• Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager
• Display a positive attitude
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud

Benefits

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more.

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $21,000 over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified