About the position
The Meat Sales Associate is responsible for maintaining the meat department's appearance and stock levels, ensuring customer satisfaction through service and product knowledge, and adhering to safety and sanitation standards. This role emphasizes teamwork and a commitment to quality service in a supportive work environment.
Responsibilities
- Keeps meat department cases well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
- Greets customers, makes suggestions, and 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 spoiled, damaged, or close to expiration products according to company procedures.
- Removes non-saleable products 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 and follows cleaning schedules.
- Disposes of trash properly and 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 if properly trained.
- Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors.
- Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE).
- May assist in other departments as needed.
Requirements
- Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- No prior experience required.
