Austin 08 (SoCo) Market - Perishables Rep - Full-Time
7 days ago
Austin
Perishable Representative As a Perishable Representative, you are responsible for providing a well-stocked and well-maintained department while providing superior customer service. You will prepare, package, and merchandise fresh product on a daily basis, while maintaining all department and food safety / sanitation standards. Key responsibilities include: • Customer Service: Provides superior customer service, • Takes orders from customers by telephone or in person, • Answers customer questions regarding products and assists them with selections, • Food Service: Prepares, packages, and merchandises fresh product, • Slices, packages, labels, and rotates products, • Scans in items on Telxon for production, • Assists in technical areas as needed, • Sales: Merchandises product effectively, • Uses suggestive selling techniques to meet customer needs and build department sales, • Makes regular announcements related to freshly-produced items, and to increase sales, • Food Safety / Sanitation: Cleans and sanitizes display cases; properly operates / maintains equipment, • Complies with H-E-B food safety and sanitation standards, • Aguas: Peels, cuts, and chops fresh fruits and vegetables, • Prepares fresh specialty drinks and food products specific to the Aguas department, • Floral: Designs floral arrangements; provides a variety of fresh, quality products, • Designs and executes merchandising programs, • Tracks seasonal record when appropriate, • Market: Cuts, trims, and prepares meat for service meat counter and self-service counter, • Ensures proper product rotation and storage, • Maintains coolers and freezers, • Weighs, prices, and packages selections, • Operates power meat prep and process equipment, • Produce: Stocks and rotates product to ensure freshness, • Assists floral department when needed, • Communicates product knowledge to customers by explaining and providing samples, • Cuts, wraps, and prices produce to be placed on sales floor, • Maintains signing program, • Seafood: Knowledgeable about various fish and shellfish, • Weighs, prices, and packages selections, • Age Requirement: 18+, • Work Experience: Knowledge/Skills/Abilities, • Customer service and communication skills - Required, • Computer systems knowledge (Telxon, ACR, label machine) - Required, • Strong customer service skills - Required, • Communication and interpersonal skills - Required, • Reading and writing skills - Required, • Planning and organizing skills - Required, • Education: HS Diploma or GED (or equivalent) - Required, • Licenses/Certifications: Completion of Company Orientation and Safety Training - Required, • Physical Demands & Working Conditions:, • Function in a fast-paced, retail environment, • Work with Customers, staying attentive to their needs, • Perform the following, based on your Department Market:, • Constantly* reach at waist, • Frequently stand, walk, pivot, push / pull arms, grasp, cervical flexion, • Frequently be exposed to wet, cold conditions, • Occasionally reach overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, twist, pinch, perform fine motor movements, • Occasionally be exposed to hot conditions, ambient temperatures, loud noise, • Demonstrate the ability to lift 90 lbs, and manage in excess of 90 lbs** Seafood:, • Constantly* reach at waist, • Frequently stand, walk, pivot, push / pull with arms, grasp, • Frequently be exposed to wet, cold conditions, • Occasionally reach overhead, reach at shoulder, knees, and at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, twist, pinch, perform fine motor movements, cervical flexion, • Occasionally be exposed to hot conditions, ambient temperatures, loud noise, • Demonstrate the ability to lift 50 lbs, and manage in excess of 50 lbs**