JOB TITLE: Meat Wrapper-Seafood Handler (hired after 1/7/98) DEPARTMENT: Meat Market/Pier

PURPOSE

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Has ability to recognize all varieties of fresh, smoked or frozen meat and seafood. Handles food in a safe manner and ensures neatness of department. Wraps product, rotates stock, stocks cases, and places product in display cases, coolers and freezers.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Accountable and Reports to: Store Director, Asst. Store Director, Person-In-Charge, Operations Specialist(s),
Meat Manager, Asst. Meat Manager.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the associate’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Genuinely thanks each customer and invites them back.
• Assists customers by: (examples include) o escorting them to the products they’re looking for o securing products that are out of reach o loading or unloading heavy items o making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests o performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the department telephone promptly when called upon, and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking special orders.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Ensures appropriate stocking of fresh, frozen and smoked meat/pork/poultry/seafood cases, coolers and freezers by rotating and replenishing product.
• Responsible for proper inventory control through handling, pricing, and stocking products.
• Conveys customer special orders to appropriate personnel.
• Operates manual wrapping machine for items at Chopping Block and Pier 14. Weighs, dates, and labels manually wrapped items using department scales.
• Verifies and sets up prices in scales and wrapping machine according to Jewel price list.
• Ensures storage area is organized according to “5S” standards.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures, and meeting customer demands.
• Maintains meat and seafood display cases and assists customers with questions regarding specific meat cuts and special order requests.
• Sets up and maintains full service meat and seafood case (Chopping Block and Pier 14).
• Removes product from and cleans full service meat and seafood case at the close of the department.
• Checks codes and removes product with expired shelf life, improperly packaged, wet or otherwise unacceptable product.
• Replenishes stock of pre-packaged meat and seafood product in refrigerated or frozen display cases.
• Cleans all Department utensils, equipment, merchandising tables and cases, food preparation surfaces, floors, doors, and walls according to sanitation schedule and standards.
• Checks signage to ensure it is with the appropriate product and at the correct price.
• Updates price changes as needed in scales, on shelves and displays.
• Reports out-of-stock products to appropriate personnel.
• Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.

Updated 6/2011

• Reviews the status and appearance of product for freshness, rotating products on display for sale and in reserve areas.
• Prepares and completes all daily record keeping and documentation required by the Company, Store

Director or Market Manager.

• Monitors temperatures of all display and storage units for proper holding procedures.
• Removes trash in a timely manner.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to all company policies, procedures, Safety and Sanitation regulations, and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.
• Ensures that all food is handled in accordance with local health department regulations.
• Protects associates and customers by removing potential hazards from the sales floor in a timely manner.

SECONDARY JOB FUNCTIONS: (These are considered occasional in nature)

• Checks invoices against delivered product and places product in appropriate storage location according to

“5S” standards.

• Attends company training meetings.
• Changes labels and reloads supplies in department.
• Assists in other areas of store as permitted by Collective Bargaining Agreement(s).
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM JOB: (Physical demands outlined on attached PAR sheet)

• Must have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with multiple variables as they are presented.
• The ability to work for prolonged periods of time in refrigerated and frozen levels of temperatures.
• The ability to work in an environment with continuous high noise levels.
• Must be able to safely operate a box cutter, meat cutting knife, cuber, wrapper, and all cleaning equipment found in the meat department.
• Ability to do simple addition, subtraction, copying figures, counting, and recording.
• Possess the ability to understand and follow written, verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with depth perception, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish color), and field of vision.
• Must be able to work shifts varying in length and times, including nights, weekends and holidays.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The duties for this position are normally conducted in a store environment. Exposure to approximately 28 degrees Fahrenheit while handling products in cooler and -20 degrees Fahrenheit while handling products in the freezer. This position is exposed daily to a variety of sharp objects, cross contamination hazards, fin fish and shell fish, excessive noise, temperature extremes, dampness, vibrations, equipment movement hazards, cleaning chemicals/solvents. There is significant responsibility to maintain customer service levels and handle multiple priorities.

EQUIPMENT USED TO PERFORM JOB:

Box cutter, pallet jack, stock cart, ice machine, scales, wrapper, trash compactor, cardboard compactor, trimming knife, pallet jack, forklift, box cutter, SPA gun, power pallet jack, meat tray rack, stocking carts, telephone/intercom.

CONTACTS:

Has daily contact with co workers, suppliers/vendors and customers.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this classification; they are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of a person so classified.

Updated 6/2011

Wrapper (hired after 1/7/98) Physical Action Requirements*
Not at all Seldom O ccasionally F r e q u ently C ontinuously

Activity 0 Hrs 0-1 Hrs 1-2.5 Hrs 2 .5-6 Hrs > 6 Hrs Comments
0% <1% 1-33% 34-66% 67-100%

Standing concrete/tile floor

Sitting

Walking concrete/tile floor

Climbing step stool ( 1 - 3 steps) , stairs

Low Level Work

Twisting of torso

Reach above Shoulder Level up to 72"

Reach below Shoulder Level

Bend/Stoop & Reach
Simple/Light Grasping:

Preferred Hand

Both Hands handling product, meat trays, packaging

Firm/Strong Grasping:

Preferred Hand

Both Hands using hand/cutting tools, packaging

Simple/Light Pinching:

Preferred Hand

Both Hands packaging

Firm/Strong Pinching:

Preferred Hand

Both Hands packaging

Pushing / Pulling Requirements*

Items / Material N o t a t a l l S e ldom O ccasionally F r e q u ently C ontinuously
0 Hrs 0-1 Hrs 1-2.5 Hrs 2 .5-6 Hrs > 6 Hrs Comments

Force Pounds 0% <1% 1-33% 34-66% 67-100%

Pallet Jack

<20 LBS moving skids of product, 100 ft

20-50 LBS moving skids of product, 100 ft

>50 LBS moving skids of product, 100 ft

Stock Cart/ U-Boat/Meat Cart

<20 LBS meat carts, up to 100 yds

20-50 LBS U-boat, up to 100 yds

>50 LBS
Other (list force)

_______LBS

Lift / Carry Requirements*

Not at all Seldom O c casionally F r e q u ently C ontinuously

Item Weight 0 Hrs 0-1 Hrs 1-2.5 Hrs 2 .5-6 Hrs > 6 Hrs Comments

0% <1% 1-33% 34-66% 67-100%
Height Lifted Distance Carried

<10 LBS 6 to 84" 5 - 10 ft

10 LBS - 20 LBS 6 to 84" 5 - 10 ft

20 LBS - 30 LBS 6 to 60" 5 - 10 ft

30 LBS - 40 LBS 6 to 60" 5 - 10 ft

40 LBS - 50 LBS 6 to 60" 5 - 10 ft

> 50 LBS 6 to 60" 5 - 10 ft

*All weights and frequencies may vary by season; heights and distances may also vary slightly between stores

Updated 6/2011

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $14.90 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Paid training

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)
• Night Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person