MEAT DELI CLERK

PAQ•ARROYO GRANDE, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meat Deli Clerk assists the Meat Manager in achieving the sales and profit goals established for the department by efficiently ordering and managing deli section products stock and back stock. Additionally, they are also responsible for contributing to a positive shopping experience for customers, including assisting in maintaining department quality standards. Essential functions include ordering meat deli section items to maximize sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction while minimizing shrink. The clerk maintains a clean and organized freezer, follows procedures for stocking items efficiently, and ensures proper product rotation and quality control. They are responsible for maintaining stock levels on the sales floor and in storage, following approved procedures for receiving, pricing, and stocking products, and reviewing invoices for accuracy. The role involves replenishing fresh, frozen, and other meat products, preparing ground meat, and packaging and labeling fresh meat products. The clerk checks displays for out-of-stock items, moves products in and out of storage, and assists in inventory control to ensure freshness and turnover. Daily cleaning and sanitizing of the meat department are required to meet company, federal, state, and local safety standards. The clerk handles damaged and spoiled products according to company policy, monitors expiration dates, and helps maintain a favorable department image. Compliance with all safety policies, health regulations, and weights and measures laws is essential, along with reporting malfunctioning refrigeration or equipment. The position requires observing shift operating hours, greeting customers, and providing prompt and courteous service.

Requirements

Ability to utilize ordering equipment and review invoices to ensure accuracy and troubleshoot discrepancies.
Ability to utilize Microsoft Office programs as needed.
Ability to follow marketing plans for effective space management based on product movement, customer demand and profitability.
Ability to follow company protocols for receiving product to ensure product quality standards and accuracy of quantity.
Good verbal communication skills.
Ability to follow all safety protocols including food safety and properly utilizing and maintaining necessary equipment.

Nice To Haves

1+ years of Meat Clerk experience

Responsibilities

Ordering meat deli section items in a manner that maximizes sales, profitability and customer satisfaction while minimizing potential for shrink or loss to the company.
Maintains clean and organized freezer to maximize efficiency and inventory accuracy.
Follows procedures for stocking meat deli items in an efficient and effective manner utilizing organizational systems and necessary equipment to meet department standards.
Ensures proper rotation of product and quality control to minimize out of code and out of stock items.
Maintains organization and stock levels of meat deli items on the sales floor and in the meat department cooler and freezer.
Follows approved procedures for receiving product, pricing and stocking to ensure accuracy as well as product quality and proper rotation.
Reviews product invoices to ensure accuracy and quality control.
Replenishes fresh, frozen, and various other meat products in the meat department as assigned.
Prepare ground meat using a meat grinder.
Packages and labels fresh meat products using packaging machines according to meat manager and meat cutters daily needs.
Checks displays for any out-of-stock products to refill for customer purchases.
Moves product in and out of storage areas for proper display and storage of goods including in refrigerating storage boxes.
Assists in maintaining inventory control to ensure freshness, product quality and turnover for maximum sales and to minimize out of stock or overstocked products.
Cleans and sanitizes meat department daily to guarantee company safety standards are met along with federal, state, and local standards.
Handles damaged and spoiled products according to company policy and assists in controlling the level of damaged goods.
Monitors expiration dates of labeled goods to ensure only fresh products are available for customer purchase.
Assists in ensuring a favorable department image to customers by maintaining a clean, attractive and friendly department.
Maintains a neat, well-groomed personal appearance at all times including observing company appearance standards.
Complies with all safety policies and procedures.
Follows local, state and federal health and civil code regulations.
Complies with all state, county and local weights and measures laws and labeling requirements.
Reports malfunctioning refrigeration or equipment to store management immediately.
Observes shift operating hours at all times as scheduled or assigned by store management.
Greets all customers and provides them with prompt and courteous service.
Performs all other duties and assignments as directed.