Meat Clerk

Hy-Vee•Canton, IL

About The Position

The Meat Clerk provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service while wrapping, trimming, stocking, and receiving merchandise in the Meat and/or Seafood Department. The position supports a positive shopping experience and work environment by assisting customers, working cooperatively with coworkers, and maintaining clean, organized department work areas and coolers. The Meat Clerk handles and prepares meat and seafood products for sale, including wrapping, weighing, labeling, trimming, slicing, tenderizing, grinding, and arranging products for display. The role follows food freshness, sanitation, personal hygiene, dress, company policy, and store-guideline requirements. It also involves reporting out-of-stock items, assisting elsewhere in the store as needed, and performing related duties or special projects. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

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 experience.
Ability to follow 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.
Visual ability to see at varying distances, with or without correction, and to demonstrate depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
Availability to work as scheduled and on time.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required for employment.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, friendly customer service and treat customers with care and patience.
Greet customers, learn and use their names when possible, and help them locate or reach products, handle heavy items, and share suggestions or requests.
Answer the telephone promptly and assist callers, including taking customer orders.
Work with coworkers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label products.
Check product freshness and appearance, stock cases, and rotate products.
Trim steaks, roasts, and chops for retail cuts, including preparing seafood for trays.
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 guidelines for personal hygiene and dress, as well as company policies and store guidelines.
Report to work as scheduled and on time.
Prepare some department signs.
Order replenishment merchandise as directed by management.
Assist in other store areas as needed and perform other related duties and special projects.