Meat/Seafood Clerk

About the role

Does the opportunity to work with protein foods sound exciting? Does the opportunity to learn a skilled craft and working with your hands sound like an exciting adventure? Do you have a passion for delivering an extraordinary customer service experience while working in a fast paced and friendly environment? If the thought of helping people make healthy choices in one of the fastest growing retailers is up your alley - then we need YOU to join our winning team at Sprouts Farmers Market as a Meat Clerk!

Overview of Responsibilities

• Provides a high level of customer service, practicing safe food handling procedures and a high level of product knowledge and preparation techniques.
• Receives, stores, and grinds meats; unloads and transports fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery truck.
• Counts and weighs incoming articles and compares results against an invoice; examines meats in storage and rotates meats to avoid aging.
• Assists customers with questions, and special orders and needs, while maintaining a positive, customer focused work environment.
• Gives customers direction of product location throughout the store, and performs and follows our “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” Programs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age, high school diploma or equivalent, and basic math, weights and measures knowledge.
• Dependable and reliable, outgoing and friendly behavior, positive attitude, and ability to interact with customers.
• Flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Good communication skills, ability to take direction, and team environment participation.
• Knowledge of weekly ad items, and ability to perform general housekeeping in the department; clean and sanitize work area (including tables, floor, walls, cases, cooler, freezer, etc.).
• Ability to stand for up to 4 hours continuously, walk up to 2 miles per 8 hours, use a pallet jack to move pallets up to 500 lbs., and move racks of products weighing up to 70 lbs.
• Good vision for using sharp knives, band saw, grinder, sausage maker, box cutter, wrapping machine and tenderizer.
• Ability to lift/carry products horizontally/vertically between 25 to 90 lbs., from 4” to 60”, a distance up to 10 feet for 20 hours.
• Ability to use a pallet jack to move pallets horizontally up to 500 lbs., requiring a force of up to 85 lbs., a distance up to 100 feet for up to 5 hours.
• Ability to horizontally move racks of products weighing up to 70 lbs., requiring a force up to 25 lbs., for a distance up to 50 feet for up to 10 hours.
• Ability to move tables weighing up to 70 lbs., requiring a force greater than 35 lbs., a distance up to 2 feet for up to 1 hour.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $17.20 - $23.20 / hour. Sprouts Farmers Market determines pay based on applicable experience and qualifications of the applicant.

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Career growth opportunities
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!