Hy-Vee
Hy-ChiDepartmentCook
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“Hy-Chi Department Cook at Hy-Vee. Skills: Food preparation, Customer service. Prepare various foods. Prepare food in hot and cold cases”
Industry & Context.
Night shifts required, Weekend shifts required, Physical lifting required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Ability to carry out detailed instructions, Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, Ability to understand and follow instructions, Ability to write identifying information, Ability to request supplies orally or in writing, Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force, Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force, Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force, Ability to move objects, Ability to identify and distinguish colors, Ability to perform balancing, Ability to perform kneeling, Ability to perform reaching, Ability to perform standing, Ability to perform walking, Ability to perform pushing, Ability to perform pulling, Ability to perform finger dexterity, Ability to perform lifting, Ability to perform grasping, Ability to perform talking, Ability to perform hearing, Ability to perform repetitive motions
What You'll Do.
Prepare various foods
Prepare food in hot and cold cases
Ensure positive company image
Provide courteous customer service
Provide friendly customer service
Provide efficient customer service
Smile and greet customers
Address customers by name
Assist customers by escorting them to products
Secure products out of reach
Note customer suggestions
Pass along customer suggestions
Enhance the shopping experience
Answer the telephone promptly
Provide friendly telephone service
Provide helpful telephone service
Work with co-workers as a team
Ensure customer satisfaction
Ensure a pleasant work environment
Clean woks with water
Heat woks to appropriate temperature
Combine ingredients with meat
Place food in hot cases
Notify department head of needs
Clean work area at end of shift
Fill cold case with fresh food
Prepare items for next day
Understand all aspects of the Hy-Chi kitchen
Maintain strict adherence to hygiene guidelines
Maintain strict adherence to dress guidelines
Adhere to company policies
Adhere to store guidelines
Report to work when scheduled
Report to work on time
Take customer orders at counter
Assist in other areas of store
Perform other job related duties
Perform special projects
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with co-workers
Communication Scope
Verbal instructions; Written instructions; Oral requests; Written requests
Full Job Description
**Additional Considerations (if any):** Night & Weekend Shifts Required **-** **At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.** **Job Description:** **Job Title:** Hy-Chi Department Cook **Department:** Hy-Chi **FLSA** : Non-Exempt ** _General Function_** : As an Hy-Chi Department Cook, this position will be responsible for preparing various foods for the Hy-Chi department. You will be responsible for food in hot and cold cases. Additionally you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members. **_Core Competencies_** * Partnerships * Growth mindset * Results oriented * Customer focused * Professionalism ** _Reporting Relations:_** Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director; Store Manager; Assistant Managers of Store Operations, Perishables, Health Wellness Home; Food Service Director; Hy-Chi Department Manager; Assistant Hy-Chi Department Manager; Service Managers Positions that Report to you: None ** _Primary Duties and Responsibilities_** : * Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store. * Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store. * Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible. * Assists customers by: escorting them to the products for which they’re looking, securing products that are out of reach, loading or unloading heavy items, making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests, performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience * Answers the telephone promptly when ca
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