Meat/Seafood Clerk

Sprouts Farmers Market • Green Valley, AZ

13d

About The Position

The Meat Clerk works in the Meat Department at Sprouts Farmers Market, providing friendly, prompt customer service while handling and preparing meat products. The role includes receiving, storing, grinding, inspecting, rotating, weighing, and transporting meat and poultry; maintaining product knowledge and using safe food-handling procedures; assisting customers with questions, special orders, and product locations; and following department procedures, including the “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs. The position also involves department housekeeping and cleaning and sanitizing work areas. The work is hands-on and takes place in a fast-paced grocery environment, including temperature-controlled areas. The role requires schedule flexibility, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as business needs change.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Have basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
• Be dependable and reliable.
• Demonstrate outgoing, friendly behavior and a positive attitude, with the ability to interact with customers.
• Be able to work a flexible schedule that changes with business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Have good communication skills and the ability to take direction and participate in a team environment.
• Adhere to safety, health, weights and measures regulations, and company recipes.
• Be able to stand continuously for up to four hours and for a total of eight hours per shift; walk up to two miles per eight hours.
• Be able to work inside a temperature-controlled area.
• Have good vision for using sharp knives, a band saw, grinder, sausage maker, box cutter, wrapping machine, and tenderizer.
• Be able to lift and carry products weighing 25 to 90 pounds horizontally or vertically between heights of 4 and 60 inches, up to 10 feet, for 20 hours.
• Be able to use a pallet jack to move pallets weighing up to 500 pounds horizontally, requiring force up to 85 pounds, up to 100 feet for up to five hours.
• Be able to move racks of products weighing up to 70 pounds horizontally, requiring force up to 25 pounds, up to 50 feet for up to 10 hours.
• Be able to move tables weighing up to 70 pounds, requiring force greater than 35 pounds, up to two feet for up to one hour.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, friendly customer service and assist with customer questions, special orders, and needs.
• Maintain product knowledge, including weekly ad items, and direct customers to products throughout the store.
• Receive, store, grind, inspect, and rotate meats and poultry to prevent aging.
• Unload and transport fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery trucks.
• Count and weigh incoming products and compare results with invoices.
• Follow safe food-handling procedures, department guidelines, company recipes, and applicable safety, health, weights, and measures regulations.
• Follow the “Clean as You Go” and “Fresh at 4” programs.
• Perform department housekeeping and clean and sanitize work areas, including tables, floors, walls, cases, coolers, and freezers.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Career growth opportunities
• 15% discount on purchases for the employee and one other household family member
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events
• Performance-based bonus, subject to eligibility requirements
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility requirements
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility requirements
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements
• DailyPay access for eligible employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED