Meat Seafood Sales Wrapper

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Essence of Position

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

Shared Expectations for all roles within our company include, but are not limited to the following:

• Creating a welcoming atmosphere for everyone.
• Embracing Yokes Core Values and Mission Statement as an integral part of your contribution to our team.
• Promoting Yokes sales and company growth by patronizing Yokes 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 Yokes.

Benefits:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) 100% Company paid
• DailyPay Employees option to work and get paid today
• 401K Company matching up to 4% (if elected)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• 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 Short-Term Disability for Medical Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tasks of Position

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, 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 Yokes signature items, fresh board and sweet deal suggestions, or providing information on recipes, products, and preparation advise).
• Providing guest service by greeting guests, and informing them of special features, product information, and services offered by the Meat/Seafood Department. Services include, but are not limited to the following: breaking down package sizes, sharing cooking methods, slicing ham, bacon, roasts, steaks, cleaning crab, wrapping in special containers as requested, seasoning roasts, grinding pork, ordering bulk product. Special features include: Certified Hereford Beef, Prairie Fresh Pork, Draper Valley Chicken, Yokes Fresh Sausage, Meals in Minutes, Seasoned chicken, and Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations.
• Understanding and capable of the following: tending machines used for packaging, filling, marking, labeling, banding, tying, packing, and wrapping containers, sealing packaged meat, feeding product to conveyors or hoppers, stocking packaging supplies and meat case, monitoring back-stock levels, weighing, pricing, rotating, labeling COOL, cleaning work area, and using This Ones 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, shirk wrapper, Slicer, knives, scales, box knives, vacuum pack machine, and conveyers or hoppers.
• Completing any tasks as assigned by supervisory staff.
• Communicating guests requests with accurate and complete instruction for special orders.
• 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 Meat/Seafood Departments accident reduction plan including: cleaning floors, sanitizing, laundering towels/wash clothes, and recognizing shelf order, safety features of all machinery, store evacuation plan, robbery policy, health codes for bleach, HACCP, case temperatures, gloves, ice scoop, sink regulations, and storing regulations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no formal supervisory responsibilities. However, every Yokes 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

Qualifications

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

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or GED; or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

• Reads and comprehends simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Writes simple correspondence. Communicates effectively and pleasantly with guest, vendors and fellow associates at all times.

Mathematical Skills

• Performs mathematical skills using units of American money and weight measurement, volume.

Reasoning Ability

• Applies common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form. Manages problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other Qualifications

• Meets the state minimum requirement to work with slicers or other Meat/Seafood equipment and tools.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, Training

• Late Night Retail Safety Training
• Food Handlers Safety Training
• Hepatitis A Vaccination
• Valid State Food Handlers Permit
• Valid Driver's License or State I.D. Card
• HIPAA Training
• Yokes Safety Orientation Training
• Yokes Guest Service Training & Commitment
• Product Solutions Fresh Perishables
• Meat/Seafood Skills Training levels One, Two, and Three

Physical Demands & Safety Expectations

Most positions within Yokes require physical effort to varying degrees. As such, associates are expected to be mindful of practicing Yokes safety standards at all times. This may include using personal protective equipment when and where required, understanding ergonomic safety, chemical hazards, safe lifting techniques, lockout/tag out procedures, and emergency protocol. All associates are required to report accidents within 24 hours.

No associate may pose a direct threat to the health and safety of self or others by willfully engaging in unsafe behaviors.

The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by you to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, you are regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time, walk, use hands, fingers, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, smell, talk, and hear.

Associate must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

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

While performing the duties of this position, the associate is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations, or the work environment change.

Brand: Yoke's Fresh Market Address: 3801 S. Reserve St. Missoula, MT - 59801 Property Description: 22 - Reserve Property Number: 22