CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger Family of Companies; Caldwell (ID); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop at a Kroger store in Caldwell, Idaho, seeks a passionate team member to learn and support a full-service Murray's experience. You will cut, wrap, merchandise cheese, and interact with customers through tastings and demos in a lively retail setting.

Success comes from product knowledge, friendly service, and contributing to sales and gross profit goals while following health, safety and sanitation guidelines. Training includes Murray's Basic Skills and Red Jacket programs.

Qualifications

• Retail experience in a customer-facing role.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for cheese products and willingness to learn daily.
• Ability to engage customers and communicate ideas clearly.
• Inspires customers and supports cheese business initiatives.
• Adheres to health, safety and store guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related items.
• Demonstrate Murray's Cheese Shop products to customers daily.
• Engage customers with tastings and conversations.
• Expand knowledge through daily cheese tastings to raise product expertise.
• Support sales goals and maintain stocked, signed products.

Skills

Retail experience

Cheese knowledge

Customer engagement

Sales mindset

Training oriented

Communication skills

Job description

Responsible for learning and supporting a full-service Murray's experience that will embody the food passion, cheese knowledge, interactive customer service, and industry leading merchandising that is uniquely Murray's Cheese. Work closely with in store Murray's Cheese Master to create an environment of outgoing, personal, theatrical cheese retailing within the store environment. Role model and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related grocery items.

• Active demoing within the Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli and other areas.

• Proactive customer service: ongoing conversations and tasting with customers.

• Daily cheese tastings to develop product expertise; must be willing to taste cheese every day.

• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.

• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.

• Comply with Murray's operations manual and ensuring consistently fully stocked, fresh, signed, rotated product selection.

• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Murray's Red Jacket Training.

• Create and maintain Murray's Boutique experience: education, service, effective cross-selling, merchandising, pushing and promoting designated products.

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• A strong desire to learn, enthusiasm for the product, and an interest and willingness to try new and innovative approaches.

• Interest in, and openness to try, cheese daily

• Easily conveys ideas at the appropriate level based on audience

• Retail experience

• Super Foodie and supportive of cheese business initiatives

• Able to inspire, motivate customers while ensuring successful completion of all assigned tasks