FROZEN FOOD/CLERK

Smith's Food and Drug; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith's Food and Drug is seeking a customer service-focused associate to maintain a safe, clean environment and assist the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals. You will need strong communication, basic math skills, and a friendly, helpful attitude to support customers and team members.

The role requires ability to handle stressful situations and may involve assisting with product questions, stock and inventory, and adherence to food safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction).
• Retail experience.
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing).

Responsibilities

• Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals and monitor quality assurance standards.
• Answer questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Report safety risks or issues to management and maintain calm in busy periods.
• Provide excellent customer service to create a welcoming environment for customers.

Skills

Stress management

Effective communication

Math basics

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. 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.

Minimum

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)

Desired

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

• 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 department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Inform customers of frozen food specials.
• Recommend frozen food items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness. Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Display a positive attitude.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• 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.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.