R-525 Grocery/Produce Clerk

About the Job:

Essential Job Functions:

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Communicate company, department, and job-specific information to associates.
• Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company/store goals.
• Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume throughout hours of operation.
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Order, label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Prepare fruit and vegetable platters/trays.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Review/inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action with those items.
• Recommend produce items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Display a positive attitude.
• Inform and educate department associates about current, upcoming, and special in-store promotions, especially promotions that affect the department.
• Monitor and control expenses for the department.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions; note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Plan, organize, and supervise the inventory process.
• Train department associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Use all equipment in the produce departments such as the refrigerators, freezers, knives, baler, u-boats, compactor, forklift, and pallet jacks according to company guidelines.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify the appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risks, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction).
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Current food handlers permit once employed.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.