Job Description

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Company Name: Smith\'s Food and Drug
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary:

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company\'s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Essential Functions:

• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items.
• Suggestive sell through intercom announcements.
• Provide customers with fresh/frozen products that they have ordered and the correct portion size, or as close as possible to the amount ordered, to prevent shrink.
• Use all equipment in meat department according to company guidelines.
• Prepare food to company standards.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Ensure country of origin labels are correct for all meat products.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Must be in compliance with all state, county and local weights and measures laws, in addition to labeling requirements.
• Observe scheduled shift operating hours.
• Condition all products in assigned sections in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain cleanliness of counters, cases, coolers, and work areas.
• Increase and maintain knowledge of cutting, traying, and wrapping of product.
• Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, cash control, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math: counting, addition, and subtraction
• Current food handlers permit once employed
• Possess adequate knife handling skills and knife speed
• Must be able to meet the minimum physical demands of the position
• Must be 18 or older

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• Meat experience
• Retail experience
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing

Education Level: None
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Part-Time
Shift(s): Evening; Day
Regions: West

States: Utah
Keywords:

Jobs at Smith\'s: A division of the Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) one of the nation\xe2\x80\x99s largest grocery retailers, Smith\xe2\x80\x99s currently operates 139 stores and 95 fuel stations throughout seven western states. Smith\xe2\x80\x99s charitable giving, in partnership with 18,000+ associates, generous customers and suppliers, totaled $13.8 million in cash and food products to local organizations in 2015. For more information visit: or .

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of . At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone\xe2\x84\xa2 and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit\xc2\xae. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: UT || Salt Lake City || 3215 S Valley St || 84109 || Smith\'s Food and Drug || [[mfield2]] || Customer Service; Store Operations || Employee || Non-Exempt || Part-Time || None

Smith\'s Food and Drug