MEAT CLERK

MEAT CLERK – Houchens Food Group

Department:
Meat | Job Status:
Part Time | FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt |

Reports To:

Meat Manager |

Work Schedule:

Flexible |

Travel Required:

No

Responsible for meat operation including, but not limited to, preparing, storing, cutting, cleaning, and serving meat.

• Monitor food distribution and ensure that guidelines are followed.
• Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment and facilities.
• Maintain coolers, cases, and displays by keeping them stocked.
• Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by meat and/or store manager.
• Give all customers friendly, courteous and prompt service.
• Perform specific tasks as assigned by meat and/or store manager.
• Maintain good communication with the meat manager.
• Share responsibility for controlling shrink.
• Properly record all hours worked. Verify and sign the time ticket report.
• Monitor food preparation and serving techniques to ensure that proper procedures are followed.
• Assist in recording and maintaining accurate bookkeeping systems for weekly and monthly meat purchases.
• Assist in maintaining proper record to control shrink through inventory and ordering.
• Assist in inventorying all products on hand before preparing a meat order.
• Assist meat manager in taking a four‑week period meat inventory.
• Ensure that product is being rotated when received and stocked.
• Ensure that all meat coolers and meat cases are running at the proper temperature.
• Ensure that proper safety procedures are being used.
• Properly clean and maintain meat department, coolers, cases and equipment.

• Accountability:
  Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy:
  Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Adaptability:
  Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Autonomy:
  Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communication, Oral:
  Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Customer Oriented:
  Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Decision Making:
  Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Friendly:
  Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Honesty / Integrity:
  Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Interpersonal:
  Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Organized:
  Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Patience:
  Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and not be hasty or impetuous.
• Relationship Building:
  Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.
• Reliability:
  The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Responsible:
  Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Team Building:
  Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal.
• Time Management:
  Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Less than high school education.

No prior experience necessary.

Computer Skills.

Required to have access to a phone at all times and basic math skills.

Physical abilities include lifting/carrying, constant standing, frequent walking, etc. (Further details: see specification).

• Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth Perception).
• Sense of Sound:
  Must be able to hear emergency sirens such as fire alarm.
• Sense of Smell.
• Sense of Touch.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Agree to wear back belt when lifting and handling heavy objects).

Grocery.

Houchens Food Group is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or pregnancy. Applicants may request accommodations based on religious beliefs, disability, or pregnancy. Subject to pre‑employment background and drug screening.

• Entry level

• Part‑time

• Management and Manufacturing
• Retail