Meat Clerk

• Location:
  
  Multiple Locations, RI, United States

A Dave’s Fresh Marketplace Meat Clerk is responsible for providing a high level of customer service and practicing safe food handling procedures. This position receives, stores and grinds meats; stocks and transports raw, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery truck and rotates product to ensure freshness. The Meat Clerk keeps all meat cases stocked and clean. A Meat Clerk ensures proper inventory control to maximize product freshness and availability, and answer questions from customers in a friendly and helpful manner.

• Prior Meat Department experience preferred, but not required
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be comfortable with customer facing interactions

• Ensuring that each customer receives outstanding customer service by providing a friendly environment – includes greeting and acknowledging customers, smiling, making eye contact, and all other components of customer service
• Maintaining an awareness of all meat products on sale – I.E., Weekly Ad meat items
• Properly wraps, weighs, packages, and labels meat/poultry products
• Assists in stocking merchandise; displays and maintains in-stock conditions
• Maintains the organization, stacking, and rotating of all meat and poultry products in the cooler and freezer
• Ensures proper temperatures in all cooler/freezer cases
• Assists with shelf stocking, organizing, and cleaning as needed
• Assists customers by taking and filling special orders
• Takes customer special orders with accuracy: both by phone and in-person
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas as directed – I.E., tables, floors, walls, cases, coolers, freezers, work surfaces
• Maintains and organizes supplies
• Assists in maintaining all equipment in safe working conditions
• Control shrink through adherence to policies and procedures
• Completes all logs as required
• Rotates product and pays particular attention to code dates; maintains a fresh and appealing appearance throughout the department
• Cutting gloves, such as Kevlar gloves, must be worn on non-cutting hand while cutting any product. This policy is mandatory
• Awareness of food allergens; able to answer customer questions regarding food allergens
• Maintains clear communication with Meat and Store Management
• Notifies management of pricing discrepancies
• Assists Meat Manager as needed
• Maintains proper safety practices and care while using all available cutting accessories
• Maintains strict adherence to Dave’s Fresh Marketplace recipes
• Adherence to department-specific dress code policy
• Follows all safety, health, and Weights & Measures regulations; monitors temperatures within cooler, freezer, and cases on a regular basis
• Adhering to all Dave’s Fresh Marketplace policies, procedures, and practices including signing, pricing, and loss prevention
• Strict adherence to all Food Safety & Sanitation procedures
• Performing other duties as assigned

• Proper handling of equipment – I.E., knives, scales, wrappers, compactors, garbage disposals, and hand trucks
• Ability to examine products for freshness
• Ability to handle varying quantities of raw meat/poultry
• Willingness to collaborate and work well in a team environment
• Ability to follow directions
• Willing to learn cutting tasks as directed by Meat Manager
• Ability to perform repetitious activities
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and stay organized
• Ability to provide/receive constructive feedback
• Reliable and dependable; able to work a flexible schedule – including weekends
• Must be able to work a minimum of 3 shifts per week
• Ability to solve practical problems
• Highly motivated – ability to successfully work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. constantly, 25-50 lbs. frequently
• Standing and walking constantly
• Pushing and pulling frequently
• Stooping occasionally
• Reaching frequently
• Handling frequently
• Finger-use occasionally
• Talkingfrequently
• Hearing frequently
• Good vision is constant
• Exposure to refrigerated conditions constantly, freezing conditions occasionally
• May be exposed to various food allergens

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