Meat Service Clerk

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Sioux Center, IA

About The Position

The Meat Service Clerk provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service in the Meat and/or Seafood Department. The role wraps, trims, stocks cases, and receives merchandise, while supporting a clean, organized, and pleasant shopping experience. The clerk works with customers, coworkers, and, as needed, vendors and suppliers, and may direct part-time stockers under certain circumstances.

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.
Ability to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Required visual abilities include near and distance vision, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision, with or without correction.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, friendly customer service and treat customers with care, concern, and patience.
Greet customers, learn their names when possible, and assist them with locating or reaching products, handling heavy items, and communicating suggestions or requests.
Answer customer calls promptly, provide helpful service, and take customer orders.
Work as part of a team to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label products.
Check food freshness and appearance, stock cases, and rotate products.
Trim steaks, roasts, and chops for retail cuts, including seafood for traying.
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 personal hygiene, dress, and other guidelines and 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 and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.