Job Description

General Function:

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Prepares various breakfast foods for the Hy-Vee Market Grille and is responsible for all hot foods and cold foods including available heat-and-eat varieties. The Breakfast Cook is responsible for prepping a variety of ingredients and assembling dishes according to restaurant recipes and specifications.

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, and Health Wellness Homes; Food Service Manager; Market Grille Department Manager, Assistant Market Grille Department Manager

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: (examples include)
  • 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 called upon and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Prepares the cooking surfaces.
• Prepares vegetables, sides, meats and breakfast foods.
• Places food in hot cases, monitors amounts, and refills as necessary.
• Prepares items for the upcoming shifts.
• Ensures personal understanding of all aspects of the kitchen.
• Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.
• Knowledgeable of all menu items and able to take guest’ orders.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides direct customer service when necessary.
• Orders product and supplies when necessary or notifies department head of needs.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics:

• Must have the ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
• Must have the ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording.
• Must have the ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions, write identifying information, and request supplies orally or in writing.

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