Grocery - Clerk Grocery

Safeway Canada; Mission; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Safeway Canada is seeking a Grocery Clerk to deliver exceptional customer service and to maintain store standards in a fast-paced environment. The role covers assisting customers, merchandising stock, and supporting daily operations across the store in a franchised location.

The successful candidate will follow Food Safety Protocols, SOPs, and health and safety guidelines, with duties that include prep of customer orders, back shop maintenance, and promoting featured products.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Above average communication skills (oral and written).
• May be required to lift to 50lbs and perform physical work.
• Unrestricted evening (After 4pm) and weekend availability.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all Food Safety Protocols, SOPs, Health and Safety, and company policies.
• Order, receive, and merchandise stock per inventory control procedures.
• Provide superior customer service to meet customer needs.
• Increase store sales by actively promoting featured products.
• Prep customer orders and assist with back shop and floor maintenance.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Physical stamina

Evening/weekend availability

Job description

What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised/affiliate store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise stores operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family. Please note that this career opportunity is for a role at an independently owned and operated franchised/affiliate store location.

Ready to start fresh?

The Grocery Clerk is responsible for carrying out the full range of duties of the position in a professional, responsible, accurate and timely fashion. The Grocery Clerk will deliver exceptional customer service, foster customer loyalty, fulfill customer needs, and actively contribute to an environment of employee and customer engagement.

Here’s Where You’ll Have An Impact

• Adhere to all Food Safety Protocols, Standard Operating Procedures, Health and Safety, corporate policies, and other programs and initiatives
• Order, receive, and merchandise stock in accordance with company inventory control procedures, as required
• Provide superior customer service to meet customer needs
• Increase store sales by actively promoting featured products
• Perform back shop and retail floor maintenance, keeping work area clean and presentable as per Company requirements
• Prep Customer orders, as required
• Process department shrink, as required
• Participate in the training of junior staff
• Other duties as required

What You Bring To The Table

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Above average communication skills (oral and written)
• May be required to lift to 50lbs, stand for long periods of time, and complete physical work including but not limited to bending, lifting, and reaching
• Unrestricted evening (After 4pm) and Unrestricted weekend availability

Our affiliate and franchise stores offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role, location and store ownership. Individual Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided. External websites may share our organization's job postings which includes compensation information based on similar roles and market benchmarks. These figures are provided for general comparison purposes only and are not issued or verified by our organization.

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.