Meat Sales Associate

Meat Sales Associate

Requirements

• Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED)
• No prior experience required

Responsibilities

• Keeps meat department cases well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand
• Smiles and greets customers, makes suggestions, answers questions about various cuts and preparation of products
• Takes orders for future delivery and helps fill special requests
• Helps resolve customer concerns in a prompt and courteous manner
• Sets up displays and rotates product as needed
• Ensures that meat is fresh, in saleable condition with proper prices and signage
• Handles product that is spoiled, damaged or close to expiration as detailed by company procedures and standards
• Removes product that is not saleable to ensure quality
• May grind and cut certain meats and poultry
• Weighs and wraps merchandise at customer request; applies sticker showing correct price and weight
• Maintains necessary logs to track freshness and quality
• Adheres to all food and personal safety codes when handling product or utilizing kitchen tools
• Responsible for general sanitation in the department
• Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements
• Disposes of trash properly
• Empties bone cans
• Assists in minimizing shrink and controlling damages
• Reports shortages or overages to manager
• May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of power jack or hand jack if properly trained
• May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained
• Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors
• Responsible to continuously improve job performance
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE)
• May also be called upon to assist in other departments

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.