About the Role
The Prepared Foods Team Member II creates a great customer experience through food production, stocking, customer service, and store maintenance, ensuring an exceptional quality, clean, and well-maintained department. This role assists in production, pack-out, and providing an irresistible store experience, demonstrating proficiency beyond Team Member I responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Follow food recipes as written and make recommendations for improvement.
- Maintain effective working relations and model cultural values, policies, and procedures.
- Provide and model exemplary service to customers and co-workers.
- Provide product information and educational materials to customers.
- Continuously research, develop, and improve efficiency, accuracy, service, quality, and safety.
- Effectively influence staff to ensure proper training of new team members.
- Assist in operational cross-training and product knowledge training.
- Safely perform all food production activities using established procedures and safety.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized workspace, storage areas, equipment, and tools.
- Ensure prepared foods meet recipe standards of quality, consistency, look, and taste.
- Ensure work area is kept clean and organized at all times.
- Pack-out, label, and stock product to standard.
- Use food safety practices and product rotation to attain good shelf life and safe product.
- Prevent, monitor, remove, and communicate shrink using established procedures.
- Ensure accurate and up-to-date production, shrink, and temperature records.
- Ensure all food stations are clean, stocked, full, fresh, and delicious at all times.
- Order, receive, display, and sell all products in accordance with quality and merchandising standards.
Requirements
- Familiarity with natural foods, vegan and vegetarian cuisine, and organic vs commercial growing practices.
- Available to work weekends, holidays, mornings, and nights.
- Projects an outgoing, friendly personality.
- Ability to read and comprehend instructions.
- Ability to handle multiple demands, prioritize tasks, and stay organized.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing conditions and job requirements.
- Ability to read, follow, and scale a recipe.
- Ability to operate kitchen equipment (i.e., mixers, commercial ovens, dishwasher).
Skills
- Proficient Knife Skills
Experience Level
- Min 2 years’ Kitchen Experience
Education Level
- Culinary degree or certification or equivalent experience
