Sausage Professor

Overview Become the Sausageworks’ Professor and provide an engaging guest experience while maintaining operating standards that are above reproach.

Responsibilities

• While on the sales floor, become the Sausage Professor, the one person in the store with a blinding dedication to all things sausage.
• Interact with guests and hosts fun and friendly manner to create an engaging environment for all guests.
• Ensure all sausage works staff provides fun, friendly and engaging service.
• Actively engage guests through freshly prepared SausageWorks samples and suggestive selling.
• To personally demonstrate superior guest service at all times.
• To perform activities outlined in Sausage Professor character performance description.
• Achieve sales, shrink and profit goals for the SausageWorks.
• Maintain desired level of inventory and supplies.
• Operate the department according to strict merchandising and operational standards.
• Ensure the quality of product for sale meets Lowes Foods standards.
• Maintain sanitation and safety throughout the department according to Lowes Foods standards.
• Provide guidance, orientation, training and feedback to ensure SausageWorks staff achieves satisfactory performance standards.
• Perform product preparation, receiving, ordering, stocking and guest service as necessary to achieve standards.
• Maintain department’s labor budget and scheduling standards.
• Perform PA announcements.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Friendly, energetic and outgoing personality.
• Must be able to actively engage guests and be willing to have fun with our guests.
• Willingness to perform in front of large crowd and draw attention to the SausageWorks department.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks, simultaneously.
• Ability to stay in character.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. consistently and 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to read and understand information and direction.
• Knowledge of deli as well as SausageWorks operations.
• Ability to supervise people including training and development.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.
• Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to effectively communicate with, and take direction from supervision.
• Ability to work well with computers.