Central Market (Southlake) Line Cook - Full Time

Responsibilities

Central Market is seeking a Production Specialist with availability to include days, evenings, and weekends to handle the freshest quality ingredients.

• Include mixing, shaping, baking, wrapping and stocking of products
• Ensures quality control of all product before sending to sales floor
• Maintains sanitation in the department
• Maintains organization of back storage, freezer, walk-in and production area
• Reads and executes daily production list
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights, discounts, percentages and volumes
• Provides customer service as required such as answering questions, taking orders on the phone
• Assists in monitoring the quality of goods and monitors shrink
• Orders and receives products and supplies
• Maintains transfer records
• Preps, wraps, prices, sells, and stocks products continuously
• Demos, or prepares customer samples for self-serve
• Provides superlative customers service
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to maximize sales

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

• Experience with commercial production preferred
• 1+ years experience in food preparation and experience required
• 2-5 years of related experience

• Demonstrates and shares expertise about food
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Ability to coach other Partners
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work overnight and flexible schedules (days, evenings, weekends, and holidays)
• Ability to inform customers about ingredients
• Values diversity

• Lift and carry moderate to heavy loads (minimum of 50 lbs.) Bend, reach, push, and pull
• Ability to work overnight and flexible schedules (days, evenings, weekends, and holidays)

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 2/1/2004