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Harris Teeter · 13 hours ago

Full Time Cheese Master

ST SIMONS, GEORGIA, STORE 168 - ST SIMONS ISLAND GA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Harris Teeter is a retail company seeking a Full Time Cheese Master to create a unique customer cheese experience. The role involves interactive customer service, team leadership, and effective merchandising to drive sales in the cheese department.

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Responsibilities

Create and maintain the Murray’s Cheese experience: interactive customer service, ongoing product education, effective cross-selling, merchandising, pushing and promoting designated products

Maintain knowledgeable, efficient, friendly staff fully trained in Murray’s operations and products

Ensure all Harris Teeter and Murray’s policies, operating standards, and procedures are communicated effectively, maintained, and followed at all times

Ensure that staff adheres to all Food Safety, HACCP and Sanitation Procedures

Place orders and maintain inventory

Responsible for setting up weekly in store selling events (cross-departmental tastings, classes, dinners)

Contribute to store goals for increasing sales and improving profit

Effectively control shrink and waste by following Murray’s and Harris Teeter’s best practices

Control labor expenses through appropriate scheduling

Meet and/or exceed budgetary goals for the Murray’s Cheese Shop

Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about

Inform customers of Murray's Cheese specials

Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size, or as close as possible to the amount ordered, to prevent shrink

Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise

Check product quality to ensure freshness

Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action

Label, stock and inventory department merchandise

Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations

Comply with all state, county and local weights and measures laws and labeling requirements

Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained

Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management

Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair

Notify management of customer or employee accidents

Report all safety risks, or issues and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud

Qualification

Food SafetyCustomer ServiceTeam LeadershipCulinary KnowledgeInventory ManagementCommunicationAdaptabilityTime ManagementProblem SolvingInterpersonal Skills

Required

Management experience &/or Food Retail Experience &/or 2 year Culinary Degree

Willing to taste cheese, in accordance with company policies

Supportive of cheese business initiatives

Able to inspire, motivate and train staff while ensuring successful completion of all assigned tasks

Excellent communication skills

Ability to multi-task

Able to stand for long periods of time

A strong desire to learn, enthusiasm for the product, and an interest and willingness to try new and innovative approaches (to service, management and merchandising) will have a critical impact on the success of this position

Associates must be at least 18 years of age

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos [in English]

Ability to write simple correspondence [in English]

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other associates of the organization who only speak English

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions

Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

Complete Company.s training including but not limited to: new hire orientation, food sanitation, customer service network, safety, food safety, and product knowledge

The associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell

The associate is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch

The associate must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds [occasionally lift up to 50 pounds] and reaches from 6-72 inches

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color, and depth perception