FRONT END/UTILITY CLERK

Kroger Family of Companies; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies in Fairbanks, AK is hiring for a store associate focused on delivering outstanding customer experiences. You will help customers, answer questions, maintain a safe, clean environment and uphold our Customer 1st strategy.

You will learn product lines across departments, assist with spills and cleanliness, and collaborate with teammates to ensure safety, compliance, and a welcoming store atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment where customers feel welcome and appreciated by answering questions.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products and respond to questions.
• Clean up spills and collect trash inside store and parking lot.
• Maintain cleanliness of department and assigned areas.
• Display a positive attitude.
• Reinforce safety by following procedures and reporting unsafe conditions.
• Inspect equipment and notify management of repairs.
• Notify management of accidents.
• Report safety risks, illegal activity including theft.
• Collaborate with team to encourage teamwork.
• Adhere to all laws and company guidelines.
• Perform essential functions with or without accommodation.

Skills

Ability to handle stressful situations

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. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promote trust and respect among associates

• 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

• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the departments and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products

• Clean up spills as needed, collect and pick up trash inside store and parking lot

• Maintain cleanliness of department and other areas assigned

• Display a positive attitude

• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management

• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair

• Notify management of customer or employee accidents

• Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud

• Collaborate with team members to encourage teamwork

• Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• Ability to handle stressful situations

• Effective communication skills

Desired

• Basic knowledge of electronics and electricity

• Retail experience

• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)