Specialty Meat/ Food Preparer

We are living our Purpose – To Care Deeply about People, Helping them to Eat Well and Be Happy. This Purpose guides everything we do and is why we are in business. We are using our service priorities - Safety, Friendliness, Presentation, and Efficiency to help us make decisions at work every day and are critical to the success of our business goals.

Sunrise ShopRite of Parsippany is seeking a Full Time Specialty Meat Preparer for our ever-busy Meat Department. This candidate has preferred knife skills and is able to create and prepare raw meat recipes for Sunrise ShopRite's Ready to Cook Program.

Job Summary: To deliver a great customer experience while working in the Meat Department; to maintain a visually appealing department and to perform other tasks as required in an efficient and safe manner within Company policy. To cut meat and prepare related products in the variety, size, quality and trim prescribed by company and department standards; to communicate and courteously assist customers with the selection of meat items.

Minimum Required Qualifications: The minimum required qualifications for of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ability to proficiently read, write, speak, analyze, interpret, and understand the English language.
• Ability to perform basic math.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of safe food handling and demonstrate safe work habits.
• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 35 lbs., and occasionally lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures.
• Ability to work with fresh, dried and/or processed products, spices and powdered substances without negative allergic consequences.
• Ability to operate Meat Department equipment such as knives and wrappers.
• Ability to stand/walk for the duration of a scheduled shift.
• Ability to interact with Customers in a friendly and helpful way.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to work all assigned work schedules and comply with all time and attendance policies.

Essential Job Functions: Performance of the essential functions of this position require the Associate to possess the minimum qualifications listed above. These functions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintain a clean, neat, organized and safe work environment.
• Maintain sanitation control according to Company policy.
• Clean and sanitize all work surfaces, utensils and equipment in accordance with Department of Sanitation and QA standards.
• Keep floor clear of debris and spills.
• Work in an environment that includes continuous duties in refrigerated cutting rooms and storage areas (relatively high humidity) with occasional duties in frozen food storage boxes maintained at temperatures as low as 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) below zero.
• Follow approved procedures for receiving, code dating, preparing, storing, and price marking, arranging, and restocking products to ensure quality, accuracy and product rotation and protection.
• Handle damaged and spoiled products according to Company policy and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods.
• Check refrigeration equipment for proper performance regularly; report any failure immediately.
• Regularly lift, pull, push and rotate merchandise that weights 35 lbs. and that occasionally weights 50 lbs.
• Understand and adhere to Company shrink guidelines as relates to Meat Department operations.
• Utilize and maintain equipment as required by department; report any equipment problems immediately.
• Maintain acceptable shelf, case and display conditions by stocking, cleaning, straightening and rotating product.
• Complete all applicable department training programs.
• Check prices and be knowledgeable about location of items in the store.
• Follow approved procedures for receiving and storing product to ensure quality protection and product rotation.
• Handle damaged and unsaleable product according to Company policy.
• Maintain signage on all items to alert customers to product choices and ingredients.
• Promote for sale any current charitable promotions to Customers.
• Cut and trim meat according to Company specifications.
• Rotates products in meat cases.
• Removes outdated or damaged product from meat cases.
• Fills in meat cases when required.
• Perform all duties in accordance with Local, State and Federal regulations pertaining to the Meat operation.
• Perform all duties in accordance with Company rules, policies, safety requirements, and security standard and all Local, State and Federal health and civil code regulations.
• Dress and groom according to Company policy including uniform, name badge and hat or hair restraint requirements.
• Perform duties in accordance with QA handwashing standards and use disposable gloves when handling food.

**Please go to ShopRite.com and fill out the Application for the Parsippany Location today! We look forward to meeting you!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Referral program

Shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Food service/Meat: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Parsippany, NJ 07054 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Parsippany, NJ 07054: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person