CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger Family of Companies; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop is seeking a team member to learn and support a full-service Murray's experience, emphasizing cheese knowledge and interactive customer service within the Kroger family store.

Work closely with the Murray's Cheese Master to create an engaging, theatrical cheese retailing atmosphere while ensuring safety, quality, and a consistently stocked selection for customers.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to learn and enthusiasm for the product.
• Interest in cheese and openness to tasting daily.
• Ability to adapt communication to audience.
• Retail experience preferred and supportive of cheese initiatives.

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.

Skills

Desire to learn

Cheese daily interest

Clear communication

Retail experience

Enthusiastic about cheese

Motivating customers

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