CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 20,664,000 - 24,797,000; Part time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop inside Kroger seeks a passionate team member to cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related groceries. You will demo products, engage customers, and help maintain a pristine, rotating shop floor that reflects Murray's Boutique experience.

You will taste cheeses daily to build expertise, participate in cross-selling, and support sales while upholding health and safety standards and Murray's training programs.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to learn and enthusiasm for the product.
• Interest in cheese and willingness to taste daily.
• Able to convey ideas to different audiences.
• Retail experience.
• Supportive of cheese business initiatives.
• Inspire and motivate customers to complete tasks.

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related items.
• Active demoing within Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli and other areas.
• Provide proactive customer service with ongoing tastings.
• Conduct daily cheese tastings to develop product knowledge.
• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Maintain stocked, signed, rotated product selection.
• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Murray's Red Jacket Training.
• Create Murray's Boutique experience through education, service, cross‑selling, and merchandising.
• Perform essential functions with or without accommodation.

Skills

Cheese knowledge

Customer service

Retail experience

Sales orientated

Open to tasting

Team player

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Tools

POS system

Job description

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