Meat Clerk

• Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers. Maintains an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis of taking care of the customer.
• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on fast, friendly, courteous customer service.
• Answers questions from customers.
• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Weighs, trays, grinds, wraps, and prices poultry and meat.
• Prevents sale of spoiled and outdated product by following laws and company policy on weighing, labeling, code dating and processing re-worked or (reduced-to-clear items), etc.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product, signing, inventory level in retail cases, and eye-appeal of the department.
• Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of work area, equipment, cutting room and retail cases according to company policy and legal regulations.
• Stocks and rotates product.
• Consolidates racks by moving trays from one rack to another.
• Cleans mirrors, glass etc.
• May assist Meat Cutters and Department Manager with other tasks as appropriate.
• May participate in a Meat Cutter training program to learn basic meat cutting skills.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

• Work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.
• Perform friendly, courteous, tactful interactions and maintain composure in dealing with customer and coworkers.
• Conduct visual inspections, read production guides and product labels.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals in accordance with manufacture’s guidelines and instructions.
• Properly handle related food products per State and County laws, and WinCo standards.
• Read and follow written work assignments and instructions.
• Communicate (hearing & speech) when working on the sales floor.
• Reach, lift and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 25 lbs. frequently and 30 - 60 lbs. occasionally.
• Push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Perform repetitious arm movements required to wrap, slice and process products.
• Stand for long periods of time, walk and move rapidly, bend, twist and turn frequently.
• Perform safe, quick movements and operate related equipment listed below with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
• Work for prolonged periods of time in a refrigerated area (32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit)
• Work with hands exposed to moisture while handling and stocking poultry and meat.
• Learn product variability, perishability, safety and sanitation procedures, and dept. policies.
• Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiply) and compute weights and measures.
• Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as required.
• Perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Food Handlers Certification (Per State Laws)

• Scales, wrapping machines, slicers, cubers, pallet jacks, bailer, and hand trucks.

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