Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

Food 4 Less; Lompoc (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for dedicated individuals to join their team as Courtesy Clerks. This role focuses on creating an outstanding customer experience by providing exceptional service and maintaining a clean and safe environment. You'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic retail setting, ensuring customers feel welcome and valued. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and communication, this position offers the chance to grow within a company that values its associates and provides comprehensive benefits. If you're passionate about food and people, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong customer service skills to enhance customer experience.
• Effective communication to assist customers and team members.

Responsibilities

• Bagging groceries and assisting customers at checkout.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment in the store.

Skills

Customer Service skills

Effective communication skills

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety of others.

Based in California, Food 4 Less merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. Today, we're proudly serving Food 4 Less customers in over 100 stores throughout California and the Midwest.

As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven, and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Food 4 Less family!

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

If you are in need of reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or to otherwise participate in the application or pre-hiring process, please call 844-849-7136 or contact the location's management.

What you'll receive from us:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial, and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

For more information about benefits and eligibility, please visit our Benefits Page!

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Customer Service skills
• Effective communication skills

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• Retail Experience is preferred but not necessary

Essential Job Functions:

1. Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger is responsible for bagging groceries at check out for customers.
2. Associate will strive for at least five items in the bag while ensuring that contents or items are not damaged.
3. Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger follows best practices for bagging items in various types of bags (reusable, plastic, paper).
4. Associate will assist in removing customer's merchandise from bottom of bascart for checkout.
5. Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger will offer to help customers with loading bags into their car.
6. Perform basic shelf conditioning.
7. Inform customers of grocery specials.
8. Return merchandise to store shelves.
9. Gather bascarts and return them to designated areas.
10. Clean spills, collect, and pick up trash inside store and parking lot.
11. Clean all areas inside and outside of store.
12. Handle and assemble seasonal merchandise.
13. Understand the store's layout, locate products, and conduct price checks for cashiers.
14. Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues and notify store management.
15. Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
16. Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
17. Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
18. Adhere to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines.
19. Ability to work cooperatively in high-paced and sometimes stressful environments.
20. Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
21. Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
22. Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
23. Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
24. Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.