PT Pharmacy Clerk

Food Basics; Kingston; On-site; CAD 23,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Food Basics is seeking a part-time Pharmacy Clerk to support our Kingston, Ontario location. The role focuses on keeping the pharmacy stocked, organized, and customer-friendly, with duties including merchandising, answering customer questions, and processing routine tasks at the register.

The position is unionized with a wage scale starting at $16.90–$17.00 per hour, based on the collective agreement and candidate experience. Shifts include days, evenings, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Customer service oriented and able to engage with customers.
• Clear, effective communication with customers and team members.
• Strong organization and attention to detail for stocking and displays.

Responsibilities

• Help with ordering, rotation, and inventory control in the department.
• Maintain product knowledge and appealing displays.
• Assist with end displays and seasonal setups as needed.
• Receive orders, verify invoices, and store products properly.
• Enter and reconcile invoices/credits and maintain shrink logs.
• Assist customers on the sales floor and at the cash register; locate products as requested.
• May perform department re-lines and ensure price scanning integrity.
• Uphold store standards and assist with cleaning spills and stocking shelves.
• Perform inventory-related tasks and check emails; answer phones as required.
• Follow all Company policies, safety, and health regulations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organizational skills

Product knowledge

Job description

Position Title: PT Pharmacy Clerk

Position Type: Part time

Job Requisition ID: 49891

Banner: Food Basics

Employment Type: Permanent

This position is part of a unionized bargaining unit. The hourly wage for this position starts at $16.90 - $17.00 and is established in accordance with the collective agreement. Depending on a candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, education, and prior experience, a higher hourly wage may be offered. Any hourly wage offered for this role, whether starting or higher, will fall within the wage scale established for this position in accordance with the collective agreement.

This is a posting for an existing permanent part-time position.

Location: 770 Gardiners Rd Unit A002, Kingston, ON

Shift: Days, Evenings & Weekends

Become Our Pharmacy Clerk at Food Basics!

Are you looking for an exciting role where you can make a real difference? As a Pharmacy Clerk, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our pharmacy area is always well-stocked and visually appealing for our customers. Your responsibilities will include keeping the shelves properly stocked and displayed, as well as providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to every customer.

What You’ll Do

• Assists with the proper ordering, rotation and inventory control of product in the department.
• Maintains good knowledge of the products carried and the display of products within the department.
• May also assist with end displays, seasonal displays, etc.
• Receives orders and ensures product received matches invoices and is received in good condition, and then is stored/put away appropriately.
• Enters and reconciles invoices/credits and maintains shrink logs.
• Provides customer assistance with merchandise on the sales floor and at the cash register and responds to specific requests regarding product information and location within store.
• May be assigned to do re-lines within the department.
• Maintains scanning / price integrity within the pharmacy department.
• Maintains store standards and conditions and may be assigned to clean up spills in the aisles, sweep floor, and clean shelves as required.
• Performs inventory-related tasks.
• Checks emails and responds accordingly.
• Answers phones as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Pharmacy Manager or Pharmacist.
• Follows all applicable Company policies and procedures, Government regulations, Health and Safety and Food Safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Customer service driven.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Good product knowledge and attention to detail.

Key Relationships

As a Pharmacy Clerk, you will receive direction from the Pharmacy Manager and Pharmacist. You'll interact with internal contacts, including Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacy Merchandising, Inventory Control and Audit, Store Services, McMahon, and Metro IT. Additionally, you'll engage with external contacts, such as customers and direct pharmacy vendors like McMahon and others.

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.

METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.

We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.

We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.

Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.