Deli Specialist - Part Time

Description

Mackenthun’s Fine Foods is hiring hardworking, creative, passionate and enthusiastic Deli Specialists. If you enjoy being a part of the community, customer service, and working with food, then we would love to meet you!

Job Duties:

• Provide excellent customer service which may include taking and filling deli orders and assisting customers at the deli counter.
• Set-up the salad bar for the day, refilling as needed, and keeping the salad bar clean throughout the day.
• Set-up the salad case for the day. Assist customers at the deli counter.
• Slice meats and cheeses for the meat case, ensuring the case is full. Assist customers at the meat/cheese counter.
• Production may include, but is not limited to: making pizzas, salads, grab and go salads, meals, sandwiches, prepping ingredients for the cooks, etc.
• Kitchen cooking may include, but is not limited to: frying chicken, cooking other hot entrees for the hot case.
• Maintain proper sanitation in the department.
• Cleaning including, but not limited to: washing dishes, taking out garbage, recycling, and compost. Keep the work area organized.
• Working the load, stock and rotate product on the sales floor, and putting away bulk product for production in the deli.
• Follow food safety guidelines according to the Minnesota Food Code.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred but not necessary.
• Previous grocery/retail experience, restaurant, or food service experience preferred, but not necessary.
• Must have an interest in selling food and a desire to learn the characteristics and qualities of the products and services Mackenthun's has to offer, in particular Mackenthun's Signature items.
• Must be able to clearly speak, read and write the English language.
• Must be able to work on multi-tasked projects.
• Must be honest and dependable, able to work independently and as a team member.
• May be required to work early mornings, evenings, some holidays, and every other weekend.
• MN Food Manager Certification preferred, may be obtained after hire.

Physical Demands

Constant standing, walking, hearing, seeing for long periods of time. Frequent repetitive hand and wrist motions, bending at the waist, reaching arm's length/above shoulders/below waist, crouching, stooping, kneeling. Frequent to occasional climbing stairs/ladders, lifting up to 50 lbs. This position requires close/distance/peripheral vision, depth perception and color vision. This position requires an excellent sense of taste and smell.