Cremeria Dispatcher PT at Vallarta Supermarkets in Bakersfield, CA

Summary: Vallarta Supermarkets is a vibrant part of the communities they serve, seeking friendly, service-oriented individuals. The Cremeria Dispatcher role involves providing prompt and courteous service to customers, ensuring fresh products, and maintaining cleanliness in the cremeria, seafood, and meat departments.

Responsibilities:
- Smile, greet, and assist customers with outstanding service
- Ensure all products are fresh and rotated according to company guidelines
- Promote sales through suggestive selling
- Use slicers, knives, and other tools safely following department safety policies
- Maintain clean, organized, and presentable display cases and counters
- Stock and fill cremeria display cases and coolers as required
- Transport products to coolers, storage areas, and worktables
- Notify Cremeria Lead when supplies or products are needed
- Monitor case temperatures and report discrepancies
- Gain complete knowledge of all cremeria, seafood, and meat products and their uses
- Apply meticulous cleaning and sanitation practices; assist in department sanitation
- Respond to customer requests, ensuring honesty in packaging, weighing, and pricing
- Use correct codes for packages to comply with state laws of weights and measures
- Work safely, being aware of coworkers’ and customers’ safety
- Treat coworkers and customers with respect; avoid profanity or offensive behavior
- Follow food safety and health code regulations, personal hygiene, and dress code
- Abide by company policies and the Employee Handbook
- Contact Cremeria Lead, Meat Manager, or Store Director with questions or concerns
- Report equipment failures promptly
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications:
- Knowledge of products sold in the cremeria department
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, crowded environment
- Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English
- Team-oriented, respectful, and professional attitude
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S

Required Skills: cremeria products, Use of slicers and knives, Food safety and sanitation practices, Compliance with weights and measures regulations, Operation of forklifts and pallet jacks, Team-oriented attitude

Benefits: Health medical plan: $25/week, plus free dental & vision., Free $25,000 Basic Life and AD&D Insurance., 401(k) Retirement Plan., Paid vacation., Access to legal services., Paid sick time., Premium pay for holidays., Scholarship opportunities., Savings marketplace & credit union membership., Recognition programs (birthdays, years of service, spirit days, etc.).