Production SpecialistAs a Production Specialist, you'll provide our Customers with fresh, made in store product, with a focus on hot foods such as rotisserie chicken and sandwiches. You'll maintain and ensure compliance with department and food safety / sanitation standards. Key responsibilities include production / food service, food safety / sanitation, and customer service.

Production / Food Service:

Cuts, slices, dices, chops, food for recipe preparation; preps in accordance with recipe specifications and SOPs

Uses multiple and more complex production planning tools for all products to ensure 100% in-stocks

Completes tasks at assigned workstation

Assists in multiple cooking venues

Assists in technical areas, and with catering orders, as needed

Masters recipe preparation, including daily production to account for raw material variations and customer demand

Prepares, packages, and stocks fresh product

Performs other duties as needed

Food Safety / Sanitation:

Ensures compliance with department Store and standard operating procedures

Properly handles / maintains temperature integrity of all ingredients, product, and equipment operation

Maintains organization and sanitation in food preparation areas

Properly handles, operates, and maintains equipment

Performs as a team member to help ensure a safe, clean, productive operation

Customer Service:

Provides / ensures Customers a sense of urgency related to accuracy, speed, and freshness of their order

Provides superior customer service at all times; provides internal customer service

Ensures accurate production and delivery of e-Commerce customer orders

Provides detailed knowledge of menu items, ingredients, prep methods, etc.

Assists guests as needed

Qualifications & Key

Requirements

Work

Experience

1

• years Experience in commercial foodservice
• Required

Experience in food prep / equipment

Required

Culinary knowledge

Required

Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients

Required

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Required

Reading and writing skills

Required

Technology skills

Required

Planning and organizing skills

Required

Culinary math skills for recipe conversion

Required

Ability to execute high-volume production

Required

Education

HS Diploma or GED or equivalent

• Required

Licenses/

Certifications

Culinary certification, or equivalent culinary training / work experience

• Required

Physical Demands &

Working Conditions

Function in a fast-paced, retail environment

Work extended hours and / or rotating schedules

Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts

Constantly stand, walk, reach at waist, grasp

Frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials

Frequently be exposed to heat

Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction

Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, ambient temperatures, and loud noise

Demonstrate the ability to lift 80 lbs, and manage in excess of 80 lbs with a team lift