Bakery/Deli Closing Cook

Harps Food Stores•Searcy, AR

About The Position

The Bakery/Deli Cook supports food service department operations and delivers positive customer service while helping maintain department readiness, cleanliness, staffing, and financial goals. The role includes replenishment and inventory activities, such as ordering, receiving, invoicing, accounting, back stock, returns, damages, and inventory preparation. The cook follows proper equipment use, cleaning, and maintenance procedures, and follows company and food-safety guidelines for fresh food preparation, production, processing, packaging, weighing, pricing, and labeling. The position requires sound problem-solving, attention to product quality and safety, dependable and professional conduct, and the ability to build respectful relationships with customers and coworkers. The cook is expected to follow company policies and procedures, provide helpful service in line with the SMILE Program, support teamwork, and contribute to Harps’ mission of providing value through competitive prices, quality and fresh products, friendly service, and cleanliness.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Ability to adapt to changing situations, shifting priorities, and rapid change.
Ability to interpret, understand, and follow instructions.
Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
Ability to move, lift, carry, and place merchandise and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance.
Ability to frequently reach overhead and below the knees and perform pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, bending, stooping, crouching, and twisting, with or without bearing weight.
Ability to occasionally climb.
Ability to perform continuous repetitive hand and arm motions, such as grasping, gripping, and turning.
Ability to stand and/or walk continuously throughout the shift.
Ability to visually locate merchandise and other objects and verify information, often in small print.
Employment may be contingent on completion and evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check, and criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
Prior food-service work experience, such as in a restaurant or deli, preferred but not required.
Ability to master menu recipes and communicate needs to management.

Responsibilities

Support food service department operations, including department readiness, staffing, supervision, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, financial goals, cleanliness, and safe equipment use.
Support ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use, and inventory preparation.
Follow proper equipment procedures, including cleaning and maintenance requirements.
Prepare, produce, and process fresh food according to company and food-safety guidelines.
Ensure products for consumption are properly packaged or wrapped, weighed and/or priced, and labeled according to company and regulatory requirements.
Follow food-service department cleaning standards and use approved equipment and chemicals to clean production areas and applicable service cases.
Identify issues and use critical thinking and logic to find answers and resolve problems.
Emphasize and maintain product and service quality while following procedures that protect personal safety and the safety of others.
Build and foster respectful relationships with customers and coworkers.
Follow company policies and procedures, maintain timely attendance, adhere to the dress code, help ensure a safe work environment, and complete other duties as assigned.
Provide helpful customer service, remove barriers to service, and follow the SMILE Program guidelines.
Support teamwork, cooperation, and trust, and contribute to Harps’ mission and customer satisfaction.