Grocery Associate

Meat Ambassador

This job is for someone who enjoys food and knowing the people they work for and with. Our work environment offers a variety of tasks each day, as well as a friendly group of passionate customers. This position offers a stable schedule, benefits, and requires no experience - just a positive attitude. Keep reading for all the details.

This is a full-time position that requires weekend hours. Please answer the schedule question as part of the application with your preferred work schedule.

Lake Geneva Country Meats is a family-owned and operated company that has been in business since 1965. We combine a USDA-inspected sausage kitchen and custom processing facility with a gourmet retail store. We strive to provide a workplace that treats our team members as human beings first by allowing for flexibility and understanding that life happens. We value people who are passionate about food, want to provide exceptional experiences for our customers, and are committed to working towards always improving.

Job Summary

Meat counter associates are the front-line Lake Geneva Country Meats retail employee and perform all production and service tasks essential to the daily operations of LGCM. Internally, we call this position Meat Ambassador to reflect the friendly, outgoing personality of successful team members.

Essential Functions

• Waiting on customers.
• Performing production tasks such as marinating chicken, slicing jerky, etc.
• Wrapping and packaging meats.
• Cleaning food contact surfaces, as well as the store.

Competencies

• Ability to understand the various features of the products sold at LGCM.
• Ability to help customers select the proper product for their occasion.
• Ability to follow LGCM standards in preparing, packaging, and selling products.
• A desire to provide pleasant and helpful customer service.
• Positive, team-oriented attitude.
• Ability to use modern technology such as phone-based apps.

Physical Requirements

This position must be able to:

• Fluently communicate verbally and in writing in the English language.
• Lift up to 40 pounds.
• Safely use sharp objects such as meat knives, deli slicers, and more.
• Stand for an 8 hour shift: 2 - fifteen minute rest breaks and 1 - thirty minute meal break are provided during a shift.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer are also possible.
• Operate in a variety of temperature environments from a "room temperature" retail store to coolers kept in the 40º range, to freezers that are kept in the 0º range.

Education and Experience

• Prior experience in a retail or food-related industry is preferred but not necessary.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, based on experience.
• SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off for all full time employees.
• Paid Holidays.
• Generous employee discount.
• Life insurance.
• Supplemental insurance available as payroll deduction.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.