CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE

The Kroger Co.; Pinckney (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kroger Co. is seeking a Murray's Cheese Shop associate in Michigan to deliver a hands-on, customer-first cheese experience inside the grocery store.

You will cut, wrap, and merchandise cheeses, perform in-store demos, and engage shoppers with tastings while upholding safety and sanitation standards. This role emphasizes education, cross-selling designated products, and contributing to sales and profit goals; prior retail experience and a passion for cheese help you excel in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Retail experience
• Cheese knowledge
• Customer service
• Enthusiasm for learning and trying new approaches

Responsibilities

• Cut, wrap, and merchandise cheese and related grocery items.
• Active demoing within Murray's Cheese Shop, Deli and other areas.
• Proactive customer service: conversations and tastings 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 fully stocked, fresh products.
• Complete Murray's Basic Skills Training and Murray's Red Jacket Training.
• Create and maintain Murray's Boutique experience: education, service, cross-selling, merchandising, promotion.
• Perform essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.

Skills

Retail experience

Cheese knowledge

Customer service

Enthusiasm for product

Willingness to learn

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

• 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