Dairy Clerk

Hy-Vee; Fort Madison (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Hy-Vee is seeking a Dairy Clerk to rotate and replenish merchandise in the Dairy Department and provide courteous, friendly, and efficient service. You will greet customers, assist with finding items, and help maintain clean, organized displays throughout shifts, including nights and weekends.

The role emphasizes fast-paced, customer-focused work with adherence to store guidelines, daily inventories, and proper handling of products to ensure quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform medium work up to 50 pounds frequently and up to 10 pounds constantly.
• Must have ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions.
• Education required: Less than high school or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service.
• Smile and greet customers in a friendly manner and address them by name when possible.
• Assist customers by guiding them to products and loading or unloading items as needed.
• Rotate and replenish merchandise and maintain department cleanliness and organization.
• Unload trucks and ensure proper storage; build end caps and display products.
• Adhere to store policies and report to work as scheduled.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Less than high school or equivalent experience

Tools

Box cutter

Pallet jack

Cash register

Calculator

Intercom

Ice cream carts

Milk dollies

Two wheeler

Display fixtures

Job description

Additional Considerations (if any): Night & Weekend Shifts Required - At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description: Job Title: Dairy Clerk Department: Dairy FLSA: Non-Exempt General Function Responsible for rotating and replenishing merchandise and ensuring highest quality standards are met. Additionally, always maintaining a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members.

Core Competencies Partnerships Growth mindset Results oriented Customer focused Professionalism Reporting Relations Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of; Store Operations, Perishables, and Health Wellness Home; Dairy Department Manager Positions that Report to you: None

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by: (examples include) escorting them to the products they’re looking for securing products that are out of reach loading or unloading heavy items making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Rotates and replenishes merchandise and ensures highest quality standards are met.
• Unloads trucks and places product in appropriate storage area.
• Faces merchandise.
• Ensures cleanliness in the department, cleans off the cases, sweeps the floor, etc.
• Builds end caps display and fills through the week as necessary.
• Orders product and supply that is requested by department manager.
• Ensures storage area is organized, the floor is not slippery, and the temperature is constant and correct.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in the physical inventories (monthly and quarterly).
• Checks invoices against delivered product when asked.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics: Must have the ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions. Ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording Must be able to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.

Education and Experience Less than high school or equivalent experience and six months or less of similar or related experience.

Physical Requirements Must be physically able to perform medium work exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently; and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Visual requirements include clarity of vision at a distance of less than 20 inches to less than 20 feet, with or without correction; depth perception. Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions This position is exposed to noise and temperature extremes continuously, dirt and dampness frequently, and occasionally exposed to equipment movement hazards. This is a fast paced work environment.

Equipment Used to Perform Job Box cutter, two wheeler, ice cream carts, milk dollies, cash register, intercom, calculator, pallet jack, RPM.

Contacts Has daily contact with suppliers/vendors and customers.

Confidentiality None

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.