Meat Clerk - Counter Attendant

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Papillion, NE

About The Position

The Meat Clerk provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service and wraps, trims, stocks cases, and receives merchandise in the Meat and/or Seafood Department. The position focuses on helping customers, preparing and displaying meat and seafood products, maintaining product freshness and department cleanliness, and following company and department policies. The role is fast paced and continually exposed to cool conditions and dampness.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
High school education or equivalent experience.
Food safety training.
Six months or less of similar or related work.
Ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions and deal with a few concrete variables.
Ability to perform simple addition and subtraction, copy figures, count, and record information.
Ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions, write identifying information, and request supplies orally or in writing.
Ability to exert up to 85 pounds of force occasionally, 40 pounds frequently, and 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Ability to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Visual abilities include vision at near and far distances, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision, with or without correction.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service, showing care, concern, and patience in customer interactions.
Greet customers and assist them by escorting them to products, reaching out-of-reach items, loading or unloading heavy items, and passing along suggestions or requests.
Answer telephone calls promptly, provide helpful service, and take customer orders.
Work with co-workers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label products.
Check food freshness and appearance, stock cases, and rotate products.
Trim steaks, roasts, and chops for retail cuts, including preparing seafood for traying.
Prepare and organize seafood items for display.
Follow sanitation procedures and keep the work area clean and neat.
Replenish and organize coolers.
Report out-of-stock products to appropriate personnel.
Tray, slice, tenderize, and grind products.
Remove trash in a timely manner.
Follow department and company requirements for personal hygiene, dress, and other policies.
Report to work as scheduled and on time.
Prepare some department signs.
Order replenishment merchandise as directed by management.
Assist in other store areas and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.