Meat Clerk

Hy-Vee•Independence, MO

About The Position

The Meat Clerk works in the Meat and/or Seafood Department, providing prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service while wrapping, trimming, stocking, and receiving merchandise. The role supports a helpful shopping experience, maintains product freshness and presentation, and follows department and company sanitation, hygiene, dress, and operating guidelines. The position reports to store and department management, including the Meat Department Manager and Assistant Meat Department Manager, among other listed leaders. Under certain circumstances, part-time stockers may receive direction from this position.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent experience.
Food safety training.
Six months or less of similar or related work experience.
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, 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.
Vision, with or without correction, for distances from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet; 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.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required for employment.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service, including greeting customers, helping them locate or reach products, assisting with heavy items, and passing along customer suggestions or requests.
Answer customer calls promptly and helpfully, including taking customer orders.
Work cooperatively with coworkers to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label products.
Review food freshness and appearance, stock cases, and rotate products.
Finish-trim steaks, roasts, and chops, and prepare seafood for trays and display.
Prepare and organize seafood items for display.
Follow sanitation procedures and keep the work area clean and neat.
Replenish and organize coolers, and 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 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 areas of the store and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.