Seafood Clerk

Hy-Vee•Oakdale, MN

About The Position

The Seafood Clerk provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service and supports daily operations in the Seafood Department. The role wraps, weighs, and labels products; checks freshness and appearance; stocks and rotates cases; prepares seafood for display; and receives and organizes merchandise. The clerk maintains clean and sanitary work areas, replenishes coolers, reports out-of-stock products, and follows department and company policies, including personal hygiene and dress guidelines. The position also supports customers by answering questions and taking telephone orders, works cooperatively with coworkers, and assists in other store areas as needed. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Food Safety training.
Six months of previous related work experience.
Commitment to the Hy-Vee Mission and willingness to promote company values.
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, 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 meet the stated visual requirements, including near-range detail vision, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision, with or without correction.
Ability to exert up to 85 pounds of force occasionally, 40 pounds frequently, and 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Ability to perform balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, handling, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, friendly customer service, showing care, concern, and patience in customer interactions.
Smile, greet customers, learn their names, and address them by name when possible.
Answer the telephone promptly and assist callers, including taking customer orders.
Work with coworkers as a team to support customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
Wrap, weigh, and label seafood products.
Check food freshness and appearance, then stock cases or rotate products.
Prepare seafood items for display and complete display details, including traying seafood.
Follow proper sanitation procedures and keep the work area clean and neat.
Replenish and organize coolers.
Report out-of-stock products to appropriate personnel.
Remove trash in a timely manner.
Follow department and company guidelines concerning personal hygiene, dress, and other 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.