Meat Seafood Sales Associate

Yoke's Fresh Markets•Ponderay, ID

About The Position

The Meat Seafood Sales Associate provides a pleasant and efficient Meat Department experience by engaging guests and delivering professional service and hospitality. The role promotes sales through product recommendations, information about products and promotions, and assistance with customer requests and special orders. Associates prepare and handle meat and seafood products, maintain department displays and stock, operate department equipment, and follow applicable food-handling, sanitation, safety, and guest-service standards. The position has no formal supervisory responsibilities, though associates may mentor coworkers and are encouraged to demonstrate leadership.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; or one to three months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and understand simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
Ability to communicate effectively and pleasantly with guests, vendors, and fellow associates.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations involving American currency and units of weight and volume.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to follow written or oral instructions and resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Meet the state minimum requirement to work with slicers or other meat/seafood equipment and tools.
Valid State Food Handlers Permit.
Valid driver’s license or State ID card.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including prolonged standing; walking; using hands and arms; climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling; and continuously lifting or moving up to 10 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work around moving mechanical parts and occasional fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat.

Responsibilities

Report for assigned shifts on time and regularly, communicate clearly, and be prepared to provide excellent service while safely performing assigned duties.
Promote sales through discussions with guests, product recommendations, information about current promotions, and suggestions for complementary products, recipes, and preparation.
Greet guests and explain Meat/Seafood Department products, features, and services, including package-size adjustments, cooking methods, slicing, crab cleaning, special wrapping, seasoning, grinding, and bulk-product ordering.
As assigned, set cases; prepare products; pull dated product; perform opening and closing duties; code-date items; operate the sales counter; monitor stock; weigh, price, rotate, and label products; order and prepare meals; and stack products appropriately.
Operate department equipment safely and correctly, including the com-line, phone, slicer, knives, scales, box knives, and vacuum-pack machine, and wrap products using freezer paper, clear plastic, and other containers.
Accurately communicate guest requests and instructions for special orders.
Mentor new associates or coworkers who are new to the department or a task, and support a positive learning environment.
Complete tasks assigned by supervisory staff and seek ways to make guests happy.
Follow local, state, federal, and company requirements for workplace safety, food handling, sanitation, housekeeping, and guest service.
Participate in the department’s accident-reduction plan, including cleaning floors, sanitizing, laundering towels and washcloths, and following requirements for machinery safety, evacuation, robbery response, health codes, HACCP, case temperatures, gloves, ice scoops, sinks, and storage.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 100% company paid.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 100% company paid; allocations begin at age 21, with vesting based on years of credited service.
Daily Pay option.
401(k) with company matching up to 4%, if elected.
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; the employer pays the majority of the premium, and a no-deductible medical option is available.
Health Savings Account (HSA), depending on the plan selected.
Paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; time and a half for holidays worked.
Three days of bereavement pay.
Three days of jury pay.
Company-paid premium for Paid Family & Medical Leave.
Paid Sick & Safe Leave accrued at one hour for every 40 hours worked.
Optional Hepatitis A vaccination provided by Yoke’s Pharmacy.