Meat Associate

SpartanNash Food Solutions Company

SpartanNash is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. A distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and the Our Family portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states.

Our team members create happy customers spanning national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the Company's own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers.

Location: 720 South 11th Street - Niles, Michigan 49120

Position Summary

This role is responsible to work independently to prepare food, package, display, and stock meat products; to ensure that you contribute to the financial best interest of the store. Additionally, this role is responsible for meeting company guidelines for guest experience, as well as complying with company guidelines for safety and food safety.

Here's What You'll Do

• Prepare and produce meat products to production planner
• Package and label meat products per program plan
• Merchandise meat products per flight plan/merchandising expectations
• Stock backroom with meat products rotating and dating cases/buckets
• Notify the meat manager if products and supplies need to be ordered
• Work as a team with other departments and stores to achieve growth in our SpartanNash retail stores
• Understand basic functions of adding, subtracting, multiplying and division
• Communicate tasks, recipes, weights and measures, and cleaning steps completed to other associates
• Follow all PPE and safety guidelines
• Follow all food safety and cleaning expectations
• Follow guest experience guidelines
• May be assigned tasks in other departments based on customer experience need
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Here's What You'll Need

• High school diploma (GED) preferred
• One year of retail or related experience preferred
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and interpret documents
• Basic mathematical skills
• Detail oriented

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be required to lift and/or move up to 30 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds occasionally. The associate is required to stand and walk for extended periods of time and may bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is subject to a typical retail store environment (varied temperatures) and is exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Travel requirements vary by assignment.

As part of our people first culture, SpartanNash is proud to offer a robust and competitive total rewards benefits package.

SpartanNash is an equal opportunity employer that invests in associate development, recognizes and celebrates success, fosters two-way communication, and promotes a sense of belonging. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, including those with disabilities and veterans.

We are not able to sponsor work visas for this position.