Mont Belvieu- Deli- PT Food Services Spec

Responsibilities: Job Summary: As a Food Service Specialist, you'll provide a well-stocked, well-maintained department while providing superior customer service. You'll prepare, package, and merchandise fresh product on a daily basis while maintaining all department and food safety / sanitation standards. You may specialize in a production area, such as a Tortilleria.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Customer Service:

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• Proactively provides superior customer service
• Takes orders from customers by telephone or in person
• Answers customer questions regarding products; assists them with selections
• Works independently with minimal supervision

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• Applies expertise / experience to prepare, package, and merchandise fresh product effectively; focuses on inspecting for quality
• Slices, packages, labels, rotates, and culls products for poor quality
• Assists in technical areas as needed (e.g., more difficult set-up and clean-up; operation of Tortilleria)

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• Uses advanced selling techniques and advanced product knowledge and experience to meet customer needs and build department sales

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• Cleans and sanitizes display cases
• Operates and maintains all / more complex equipment properly
• Complies with H-E-B food safety and sanitation standards
• Complies with department / Store operating procedures

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• BAKERY:
• Records production and shrink to aid in production planning
• Assists in technical areas as needed (e.g., baking, frying, and decorating)
• Culls bakery products for poor quality, expiration dates

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• Ensures service counter Customers are greeted and taken care of in a timely manner
• Manages Make Ready application (TMR) for e-Commerce orders throughout the day
• Uses Fresh Production Planner; ensures all inventory processes are complete and product
• is prepared in the quantities called for on the planner
• Performs inventory management processes (MSI, PAW) as required
• Assists in training other Partners
• If applicable, ensures catering orders are prepared and ready in time for Customer pickup
• Communicates product inventory concerns to the Lead or Manager
• Provides product demos and product education to Customers
• Ensures all sanitation and maintenance tasks for Deli slicers are followed

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• Serves / packages products at customer's request
• Educates customers on preparation / reheating instructions of prepared foods
• Prepackages condiments (sauces, dressings) for prepared food items
• Cuts, slices, dices, chops, food in preparation for chef

• 1+ years Experience - Required
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  Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Knowledge of computer systems and equipment (e.g., PC, symbol, scales, label machine) - Required
• Strong customer service skills - Required
• Communication and interpersonal skills - Required
• Reading and writing skills - Required
• Planning and organizing skills - Required
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  Education:
• HS Diploma or GED or equivalent - Required
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  Licenses/Certifications:
• Completion of food safety and sanitation training, and training on equipment operation, cleaning, maintenance - Required
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  Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
• Function in a fast-paced, retail environment, in detailed and precise tasks
• Work with Customers, staying attentive to their needs
• Perform the following, based on your Department?
  Bakery:
  * Constantly reach at waist, grasp
  * Frequently stand, walk, reach at shoulder, bend
  * Occasionally sit, reach overhead, reach at knee, reach at floor, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, pivot, twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder abduction
  * Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, hot conditions, loud noise
  * Demonstrate the ability to lift 50 lbs, and manage in excess of 70 lbs
  
  Deli:
  * Constantly reach at waist, grasp
  * Frequently stand, walk, stoop
  * Occasionally reach overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, pivot, twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements
  * Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, hot conditions, loud noise
  * Demonstrate the ability to lift 55 lbs, and manage in excess of 65 lbs
• While there may be exceptions, the measurements noted are generally defined as--Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day
• It is Partners' responsibility to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager.
  
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  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  Last revised: 8/1/2021