Deli/Store Chef

Kroger•Riverside, CA

About The Position

The Deli/Store Chef helps create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and helps maintain a safe, clean environment. The role assists the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals, monitoring quality standards, and directing and supporting department activities. The Chef prepares food according to established standards and recipes, maintains deli cases and work areas, supports customers and associates, and helps carry out department best practices and safety procedures. The position also models the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Requirements

Ability to handle stressful situations.
Effective communication skills.
Knowledge of basic math.
Must obtain a current food handlers permit once employed.

Nice To Haves

Chef skills.
Retail experience.
Ability to speak, read, and/or write in a second language.

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create a welcoming customer experience by answering questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Maintain knowledge of department products and answer questions or make suggestions about them.
Communicate verbally with customers and store personnel.
Clean and maintain sanitation according to company standards and health department regulations.
Prepare food products according to established standards and recipes.
Prepare signs and price products in cases.
Determine product needs, prepare daily shopping lists, shop for products, and ring purchases through the check stand.
Wash dishes and clean and sanitize the work area.
Set up and maintain stock conditions and appearances in cases.
Prepare, place, and maintain garnishes in cases.
Code-date products, monitor dates, and remove out-of-date products.
Load and transport products to appropriate stocking locations.
Assist customers at the Deli counter.
Implement price changes, monitor price integrity, and reset cases as needed.
Sharpen knives properly.
Stock supplies and ingredients in appropriate locations.
Analyze costs for new recipes to determine profitability.
Compute weekly purchases and communicate them to the Deli manager.
Direct Deli personnel in Chef duties.
Reinforce safety programs, follow safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, and notify store management.
Inspect equipment as part of preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
Report safety risks or issues and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment, manage conflict reasonably and cooperatively, act honestly with customer and business information, and follow directions or seek assistance as needed.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.