Deli Sales

Wage Range:

$16.70 to $20.25 - depending on experience with provable hours or work sample

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - 100% Company paid
• Daily Pay - Employee's option to work and get paid today
• 401K - Company matching up to 4% (if elected)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance (no deductible medical option)
• Company paid Life Insurance for full time (30 hours)
• Voluntary Insurance Products
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid holidays
• Vacation Time
• Bereavement & Jury Duty pay
• Paid Sick & Safe Leave - Employees earn 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked
• Paid Family & Medical Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

To provide a pleasant and efficient deli experience by actively engaging guests, ensuring they receive unparalleled hospitality and professional service.

• Creating a welcoming atmosphere for everyone.
• Embracing Yoke's Core Values and Mission Statement as an integral part of your contribution to our team.
• Promoting Yoke's sales and company growth by patronizing Yoke's stores and representing our company in the community with a positive message.
• Participating enthusiastically with genuine care for our shared success, always remembering we are the owners of Yoke's.

The following are core and essential responsibilities of this position. Associates are responsible for completing any and all duties assigned as required for the successful operation of our business. All associates are required to perform their job duties in a manner which upholds the integrity and honesty of our company.

• Reporting for assigned shifts on time, and on a regular basis, capable of communicating clearly and demonstrating suitable physical abilities to safety perform assigned tasks and duties, prepared to provide excellent service.
• Promoting sales through active discussions with guests, offering product recommendations, and discussing current promotions and service information. (Examples may include: asking guests if they need other products to accompany requested items, chatting about Yoke's signature items, fresh board and sweet deal suggestions, or providing information about recipes and products).
• Providing exceptional service by greeting guests, and informing them of special features, product information, and services offered by the deli. Services include, but are not limited to the following: delivering, slicing to order, reducing packaging size of sandwiches, offering free samples, making sandwiches to order. Producing and displaying special features including:
  Homemade salads, recipes for entrees and sides, chicken prepared fried or baked, and homemade casseroles.
• Understanding and capable of the following: preparing food for daily business as assigned, making assorted coffee drinks, portioning and weighing salads, hot entrees, meat, cheese, or other food items, placing food in appropriate containers or bags to assure the product is visually appealing and transports without incident, closing, opening, filling cases, facing cases, stacking product type, and using "This One's On Us" cards to "Make Our Guests Crazy About Us!"
• Operating (at minimum) the following equipment in a correct and safe manner: com-line, phone, scales, shrink wrapper, slicer, dishwasher, combi-oven, blender, coffee brewer, grill (where available) lights in case, rotisserie (where available) espresso machine, cash register, knives, and fryer.
• Communicating and completing guests' special order requests with accuracy and timeliness.
• Mentoring new associates or associates who are new to the department or task and assuring a positive learning environment.
• Finding a way to make our guests happy.
• Ensuring all work performed in the department is completed in accordance with all local, state, federal and company rules, regulations, and policies regarding workplace safety, food handling safety, sanitation/housekeeping standards, and guest services.
• Participating actively in the Deli Department's accident reduction plan including: monitoring drains in sinks, combi-ovens, fryers, hood traps, vent traps, and grills, cleaning floors of spills immediately, and recognizing shelf order, safety features of all machinery, store evacuation plan, robbery policy, health codes for sanitizers, case temperatures, gloves, ice scoop, sink regulations, and storing regulations.

This job has no formal supervisory responsibilities; however, every Yoke's associate has a shared opportunity to be a leader on the job. The following quote exemplifies our belief in leadership for all associates:

"Whether you are the president of a company or the janitor, the moment you step from independence into interdependence in any capacity, you step into a leadership role. You are in a position of influencing other people." - Stephen Covey

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty…