CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

Kroger; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger’s Murray's Cheese Shop in-store role focuses on learning and supporting a premium cheese experience. You will work closely with the Murray's Cheese Master to create an engaging, theatrical cheese retail environment within the store, while upholding core values of respect, honesty, integrity and safety.

Daily tasks include cutting, wrapping, merchandizing, active tastings, and friendly customer engagement to meet sales and product education goals.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to learn and enthusiasm for the product.
• Interest in trying cheese daily.
• Able to convey ideas at the appropriate level for the audience.
• Retail experience is preferred.
• Super foodie and supportive of cheese business initiatives.
• Able to inspire and motivate customers to complete tasks.

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related grocery items.
• Active demoing within Murray's Cheese Shop and associated areas.
• Provide proactive customer service through conversations and tastings.
• Conduct daily cheese tastings to develop product expertise.
• Contribute to target sales and gross profit goals.
• Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
• Maintain stocked, fresh, signed, rotated product selection.

Skills

Retail experience

Customer service

Enthusiasm for cheese

Learn rapidly

People skills

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