Café Associate

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Food Preparation Specialist to join our team at Sam's Club. As a key member of our prepared meal team, you will be responsible for preparing fresh food items daily, following recipes and preparing our always warm and ready rotisserie chicken. Your attention to detail and ability to multitask will ensure that our members receive high-quality products.

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare fresh food items daily, following recipes and preparing our always warm and ready rotisserie chicken
- Maintain a clean and sanitized work environment, adhering to food safety standards and sanitation guidelines
- Ensure shelves are clean, maintaining temperature control, verifying expiration dates, and disposing of lesser-quality food products
- Prepare and serve ready-to-eat food
- Maintain a clean, sanitized, and member-ready area

Requirements

- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Food Service experience preferred
- Food Handler Certification (Food Safety) - Certification preferred

About Sam's Club

At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Our benefits include health, financial, and paid time off benefits, as well as other perks like company discounts and education assistance. If you're passionate about providing excellent customer service and working in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

What You'll Do...

- Be a Team Member: Maintains up-to-date knowledge of product specifications related to prepared food merchandise; collaborating with cross-functional teams and helping educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources; communicating effectively with the members of the team; and being flexible to the needs of the business to work in other areas.
- Be an Expert: Prepares food according to item specifications; understanding and planning the future productions and mass productions; preparing for seasonality; adhering to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, inventory management; operating, maintaining, and sanitizing equipment; and demonstrating an understanding of product and layout execution.
- Be a Techie: Leverages digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement; utilizing handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, training, and product quality with the member in mind; adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them.
- Be an Owner: Drives the performance of the area; utilizing digital tools; managing high exposure and expectations; stocking and rotating merchandise; ensuring quality and date control standards; eliminating waste; guiding peers and providing attention to customer needs; assisting customers according to company policies and procedures.
- Be a Talent Ambassador: Being an advocate for the department and the club by valuing the member's experience in the meat area and modeling high-quality service and products; executing the basics at the highest possible level of quality; and exhibiting energy, commitment, and passion for the work.
- Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans; using the Open Door Policy; and applying these in executing business processes and practices.
- Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources; collaborating with managers, co-workers, customers, and other business partners; identifying priorities, deadlines, and expectations; carrying out tasks; communicating progress and information; determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.

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