Taquero - New Store - Bellflower #54 - Full-Time

Northgate Gonzalez Markets•Bellflower, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Taquero prepares and serves food products according to Northgate Markets recipes, production standards, and daily menus. The role includes maintaining product quality and freshness, replenishing displays, assisting customers, and keeping workstations and storage areas clean, organized, and sanitary. The Taquero works with department leads and coworkers to support efficient daily operations, customer satisfaction, inventory control, and food safety. Other work-related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma preferred, but not required.
At least one year of experience in overall department operations with successful or concurrent participation in a management training program, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Food Safety Handling certificate.
Sufficient math skills to understand recipe preparation and cooking measurements.
Ability to hear, speak, and understand spoken communication to respond to pages, assist customers, answer telephones, and communicate effectively.
Ability to read, write, analyze, interpret, and understand English sufficiently to follow equipment instructions, company handbooks, policies, procedures, and other job-related documents.
Familiarity with the duties, procedures, policies, and operations of every staff position in the department.
Ability to occasionally lift or exert up to 70 pounds and frequently lift negligible amounts of weight.
Close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma.

Responsibilities

Order products as needed and rotate inventory to ensure freshness, using FIFO practices and labeling and dating food products.
Engage with customers and provide rapid, friendly, accurate service; offer product suggestions, explain sales, and address complaints appropriately.
Work quickly and efficiently, maintain productivity, and be available during peak hours and busiest times.
Prepare ingredients and produce food products according to Northgate recipes, production norms, planning tools, and daily menus; adjust production as needed for events, weather, and other factors.
Maintain product quality and replenish displays according to the current assortment and customer needs.
Keep seating areas, workstations, refrigerators, and equipment clean, organized, and sanitary; sanitize surfaces and utensils during food production as needed.
Check inventory of ingredients and supplies and replenish them as needed; maintain inventory control of products on display and in refrigerators.
Help the customer service line when necessary and communicate effectively with coworkers and leads.
Receive products from vendors or the warehouse when the prepared foods lead is absent.
Minimize shrink and report waste using the loss-tracking tool.
Maintain ready times and department operating hours; check in with the department lead at the end of the shift to prepare for the next shift.
Develop and cross-train other employees when needed.
Follow food safety procedures, record and monitor product temperatures, and use safe product-handling practices.
Maintain quality assurance of outsourced products through communication with prepared foods leads.
Follow sanitation, hygiene, personal appearance, and uniform requirements; clean and organize the workstation and equipment before the end of the shift.
Check that equipment is working before use and report issues or unsafe conditions to the lead; follow new safety regulations and use PPE as instructed.
Perform other work-related duties as assigned.