CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger Family of Companies; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop in Glendale, AZ is seeking a passionate Cheese Shop Associate to deliver a full Murray's experience. You will cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese, perform active demos, and engage customers with tastings and education.

Join our team to support sales goals, uphold health and safety standards, and contribute to Murray's Boutique experience with training from Murray's Master and in-store leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to learn and enthusiasm for Murray's products.
• Interest in cheese daily and willingness to taste cheese.
• Able to convey ideas clearly to diverse audiences.
• Retail experience is preferred.
• Supportive of cheese business initiatives and cross-selling.
• Ability to inspire and motivate customers to complete tasks.

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 and willingness to taste cheese daily.
• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
• Comply with Murray's operations manual and ensure stock is fresh, signed, rotated.

Skills

Customer service

Retail experience

Cheese knowledge

Enthusiasm to learn

Communication

Sales ability

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