CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger Family of Companies; Greenwood (IN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop within Murray's Marketplace is seeking a Cheese Shop Associate to learn and support a full-service Murray's experience. You will cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese, actively demo in the shop and deli, and engage customers with tastings daily.

Role involves following safety guidelines, completing training, and contributing to sales goals while delivering an exceptional Murray's Boutique experience across store areas.

Qualifications

• A strong desire to learn and enthusiasm for the product.
• Interest in cheese and willingness to try daily tastings.
• Retail experience and ability to engage customers.
• Ability to inspire customers and support cheese business initiatives.
• Easily communicates ideas to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related grocery items.
• Active demoing within Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli and other areas.
• Proactive customer service: ongoing conversations and tastings with customers.
• Daily cheese tastings to develop product expertise; willingness to taste cheese daily.
• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
• Keep fully stocked, rotated, signed product selection across areas.
• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Murray's Red Jacket Training.
• Create and maintain Murray's Boutique experience: education, service, cross-selling, merchandising.

Skills

Retail experience

Product enthusiasm

Cheese daily tasting

Learner mindset

Audience communication

Inspiring customers

Cheese business support

Creativity in merchandising

Team motivation

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