Meat Clerk - Stocker

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Papillion, NE

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Clerk provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service in the Meat and/or Seafood Department. The role wraps, trims, stocks, and receives merchandise, while helping customers and working with co-workers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment. The position involves preparing and presenting meat and seafood products, including wrapping, weighing, labeling, trimming, slicing, tenderizing, and grinding. The clerk checks product freshness and appearance, stocks or rotates cases, organizes seafood displays and coolers, and maintains clean work areas and proper sanitation. The role also follows department and company policies, personal hygiene and dress guidelines, and scheduled work hours. The position is continually exposed to cool and damp conditions, with frequent noise from saws, possible exposure to cleaning solvents, and a possibility of electrical shock. The work environment is fast-paced. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent experience.
Food safety training.
Six months or less of similar or related work experience.
Ability to follow detailed but uncomplicated written or verbal instructions and deal with a few concrete variables.
Ability to perform simple addition and subtraction, copy figures, and 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 covering near and far vision, depth perception, color identification and distinction, and field of vision, with or without correction.
Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, friendly customer service and treat customers with care and patience.
Greet customers, help them locate products, reach or load items, relay customer suggestions or requests, and otherwise enhance their shopping experience.
Answer the telephone promptly and provide helpful service, including taking customer orders when called upon.
Work with co-workers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label products.
Check food freshness and appearance, then stock cases or rotate products.
Trim steaks, roasts, and chops in preparing retail cuts, including 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 promptly.
Follow department and company guidelines 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 as needed and perform other job-related duties and special projects.