Bakery/Deli Closing Cook

Harps Food Stores•Norman, OK

About The Position

The Bakery/Deli Closing Cook supports food service department operations and helps ensure the department is ready, staffed, supervised, clean, and operating safely. The role supports price maintenance, department policies and procedures, inventory preparation, and department financial goals and objectives. The cook supports ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use, and inventory preparation. They follow equipment procedures, including cleaning and maintenance requirements, and follow company and food safety guidelines for fresh food preparation, production, processing, packaging, weighing or pricing, and labeling. The role requires attention to department cleaning standards, problem solving, product and service quality, and personal and workplace safety. The cook is expected to build respectful working relationships, demonstrate dependability and integrity, provide strong customer service, and support teamwork and Harps’ mission of providing competitive prices, quality and fresh products, friendly service, and cleanliness. Employment may be contingent upon completion and evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check, and criminal background check.

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 different situations and respond flexibly to 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.
Frequently reach overhead and below the knees and perform pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, bending, stooping, crouching, and twisting, with or without bearing weight.
Occasionally required to climb.
Perform continuous repetitive motion with hands and arms, such as grasping, gripping, and turning.
Stand and/or walk continuously throughout the shift.
Visually locate merchandise and other objects and verify information, often in small print.
May be exposed to all weather conditions and indoor variations in heat, cold, dust, and humidity; cleaning solvents or other chemicals; and latex, eggs, nuts, soy, and wheat.
Employment may be contingent upon completion and evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check, and criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or G.E.D. 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 readiness, staffing, supervision, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, financial goals, cleanliness, and safe use of equipment and tools.
Support ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use, and inventory preparation.
Follow 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 department cleaning standards and food safety guidelines, using approved equipment and cleaning chemicals in production areas and applicable service cases.
Define problems and use critical thinking and logic to obtain answers in an organized manner.
Produce and emphasize high-quality products and services while following procedures affecting personal and others’ safety.
Provide customer service and hospitality, remove barriers to service, and look for ways to help others in accordance with the SMILE Program.
Build respectful relationships, support coworkers, encourage teamwork and cooperation, and act with integrity and professionalism.
Complete other duties as assigned.