Meat Clerk

Additional Considerations

Must be 18+ - At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Meat Clerk

Meat

Non-Exempt

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Wraps, trims, stocks cases, and receives merchandise in the Meat and/or Seafood Department.

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Accountable and

Reports to:

• District Store Director
• Store Manager
• Assistant Managers of Operations, Perishables, Health Wellness Home
• Meat Department Manager
• Assistant Meat Department Manager
• Seafood Department Manager
• Assistant Seafood Department Manager
• Service Managers

Under certain circumstances, part-time stockers could receive direction from the person in this position.

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store; smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, learns customers’ names, assists by escorting them to products, securing items out of reach, loading/unloading heavy items, and performing tasks to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly when called upon, and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call, including taking customer orders.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Wraps, weighs, and labels product.
• Reviews the status and appearance of the food for freshness, then stocks cases or rotates product.
• Finishes trims on steaks, roasts, and chops in preparing retail cuts, including seafood for traying.
• Prepares and organizes seafood items for display.
• Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.
• Replenishes and organizes the coolers.
• Reports out-of-stock products to appropriate personnel.
• Trays, slices, tenderizes, and grinds product.
• Removes trash in a timely manner.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

• Prepares some signs for the department.
• Orders replenishment merchandise as directed by management.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

• Ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions; deal with a few concrete variables.
• Ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.

High School or equivalent experience, food safety training. Six months or less of similar or related work.

• Must be physically able to exert up to 85 pounds of force (energy exerted) occasionally; up to 40 pounds frequently; and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction; depth perception; color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors); field of vision.
• Must perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

This position is continually exposed to a cool environment and dampness. There is frequent noise from the saws, exposure to cleaning solvents, and possibility of electrical shock. This is a fast paced work environment.

• Knives
• Grinders
• Patty Maker
• Tenderizer
• Slicer
• Pallet jack
• Tumbler
• Wrapping system
• Rotisserie

Deals with customers on a daily basis and vendors/suppliers on an as needed basis.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.