Meat Clerk

Company Name: Kroger Stores
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
 

 

Position Summary:

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Essential Job Functions:

• Act in a professional manner and always display a positive attitude.
• Speak highly of the company in the presence of customers and other employees.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Inform customers of meat specials.
• Provide customers with fresh and frozen products.
• 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.
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory merchandise.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness. Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
• Verify countries of origin labels are correct for all meat products.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Adhere to policies and procedures pertaining to safety, shrink, product dating, sanitation, temperature logs, and grinding logs.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Understand how to properly weigh, wrap and tag product.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and report unsafe conditions to 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 risks, issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud to store management.
• Unload meat trucks using powered or manual jack.
• Understand how to breakdown and clean equipment, clean display cases, and dispose of product that is no longer suitable for sale (this involves contact with various cleaning products).
• Operate the baler.
• Support company initiatives.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Must be 18 years of age

Desired Previous Job Experience

• Meat Cutting experience

 

Education Level: None
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Part-Time 
Shift(s): Day; Evening
Regions: South

States: Arkansas
Keywords: 663103

 

Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.
 

Company Overview
Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly 431,000 associates who serve customers in 2,778 retail food stores under a variety of in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Kroger and its subsidiaries also operate 2,231 pharmacies, 784 convenience stores, 323 fine jewelry stores, 1,387 supermarket fuel centers and 38 food production plants in the United States. With sales of $109.8 billion in 2015, we continue to grow. Kroger is recognized as one of America’s most generous companies for its support of more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners, breast cancer research and awareness, the military and their families, and more than 145,000 community organizations including schools. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

 

 Posting Notes:  AR || Batesville || 303 S Saint Louis St || 72501 || Kroger Stores || [[mfield2]] || Customer Service; Meat/Seafood; Store Operations || Employee || Non-Exempt || Part-Time || None