Meat/Seafood Clerk

About the role

As a Meat Clerk at Sprouts Farmers Market, you will work in one of the most popular departments in our store. You will provide a high level of customer service, practice safe food handling procedures, and maintain strong product knowledge and preparation techniques. This hands-on position involves receiving, storing, and grinding meats; unloading and transporting fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery trucks; counting and weighing incoming items and comparing results against invoices; and examining and rotating meats to avoid aging. You will assist customers with questions and special orders while maintaining a positive, customer-focused environment. The role includes knowledge of weekly ad items, directing customers to product locations, and following the “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs.

Responsibilities

• Receive, store, and grind meats; unload and transport fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery trucks.
• Count and weigh incoming articles and compare results against invoices.
• Examine meats in storage and rotate to avoid aging.
• Provide prompt and friendly customer service; assist customers with questions and special orders.
• Maintain a positive, customer-focused work environment.
• Know weekly ad items; give customers direction on product locations throughout the store.
• Follow “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs.
• Adhere to all procedural guidelines set by the Meat Department.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
• Dependable and reliable; ability to perform other related duties as assigned.
• Outgoing, friendly behavior; positive attitude; ability to interact with customers.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that changes with business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Good communication skills; ability to take direction and participate in a team environment.
• Perform general housekeeping in the department; clean and sanitize work areas (tables, floor, walls, cases, cooler, freezer, etc.).
• Adhere to all safety, health, weights and measures regulations, and company recipes.
• Capable of standing for up to 4 hours continuously; total of 8 hours per shift required.
• Ability to walk up to 2 miles per 8-hour shift.
• Ability to work inside a temperature-controlled area.
• Good vision required 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.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Sick time plan for you or your immediate family’s health.
• Vacation accrual plan.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• 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 with prizes, food, and fun.
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance (eligibility requirements may apply).
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Health Savings Account with company match.
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers.
• Paid holidays.

Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay—access the money you’ve already earned the next business day at no extra cost.