Meat Clerk - Brandon Food Store

Co-op•Brandon, MB

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Clerk is responsible for providing exceptional customer service, preparing and merchandising meat, fish, and seafood products, and maintaining department cleanliness and safety standards. This role involves receiving, inspecting, storing, preparing, packaging, wrapping, labeling, displaying, and pricing products while adhering to quality, freshness, and food safety standards. The clerk will also merchandise products, build displays, and ensure proper presentation according to Brand Standards. Key duties include rotating stock using FIFO, completing department logs, monitoring product quality, maintaining a clean work environment, and following all safety and security procedures. The position also assists with inventory management, transfers, markdowns, and shrink tracking.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Commitment to ongoing learning and development within the retail food industry.
Retail meat department environment requiring prolonged standing, walking, bending, lifting, carrying, and repetitive movements.
Regular handling of fresh, frozen, and processed meat, fish, and seafood products.
Exposure to refrigerated and freezer environments.
May be required to lift and carry items up to 20 kg (44 lbs) or more while adhering to safe lifting practices.
Requires use of all senses and adherence to food safety and workplace safety standards.

Nice To Haves

Completion of high school is preferred.
Previous customer service experience is considered an asset.
Previous grocery, retail, food handling, or meat department experience is considered an asset.
WHMIS training is considered an asset.
Knowledge of food safety and food handling practices is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Provide exceptional customer service by assisting customers with product selection, special orders, product knowledge, and inquiries.
Collaborate respectfully with Team Members to support a positive work environment and deliver a World Class Customer Experience.
Receive, inspect, store, prepare, package, wrap, label, display, and price meat, fish, and seafood products while maintaining quality, freshness, and food safety standards.
Merchandise products, build displays, and ensure products are properly faced, priced, signed, and presented according to Brand Standards.
Maintain awareness of promotions, updates, and department communications.
Rotate fresh, frozen, and processed stock using first-in, first-out (FIFO) procedures.
Complete required department charts and logs including temperature and production records.
Monitor product quality and freshness by removing damaged, dated, or unsaleable merchandise and reporting close-dated products to the Meat Manager.
Maintain cleanliness of the meat department, work areas, equipment, display cases, storage areas, and backroom.
Dispose of waste and debris and ensure a safe and sanitary environment.
Follow food safety, food handling, WHMIS, occupational health and safety, asset protection, and company security procedures.
Assist with inventory counts, transfers, markdowns, shrink and spoilage tracking, and other duties assigned by the Meat Manager to support operational efficiency and margin control.

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Group Life Insurance
Short- & Long-Term Disability
Extended Health and Dental
Employer-contributed pension plan matched at 6% of salary
Team Member Purchase Rebate Program
Team Member Volunteer Incentive Program
Home Centre Preferred Pricing
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Team Member Fitness Rebate of up to $100 per year toward eligible health and fitness purchases.