Grocery Clerk

Kroger; Eugene (OR); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading grocery store chain in Eugene, OR, where you will create outstanding customer experiences through exceptional service. This role involves assisting customers, maintaining product quality, and ensuring a safe environment. Embrace a culture of respect and integrity while contributing to sales goals and customer satisfaction. With comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities, this position is perfect for those eager to learn and make a difference.

Benefits

Healthcare

Flexible scheduling

Emotional and financial support

Associate discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Basic math skills required.

Responsibilities

• Help customers discover new items and inform them of food specials.
• Check product quality and ensure freshness.
• Adhere to food safety regulations and guidelines.

Skills

Basic math 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. 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 of others.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:

1. Help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
2. Inform customers of food specials and recommend grocery items to ensure they get what they want and need.
3. Check product quality to ensure freshness, review "sell by" dates, and take appropriate action.
4. Provide customers with fresh and non-perishable grocery products they have ordered.
5. Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
6. Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
7. Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
8. Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
9. Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are kept.
10. Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to questions or make suggestions.
11. Create an environment where customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products.
12. Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and reporting unsafe conditions.
13. Practice preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and reporting repairs needed.
14. Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
15. Work cooperatively in high-paced and sometimes stressful environments.
16. Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational manner.
17. Act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
18. Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve issues.
19. Support and assist minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
20. Perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Basic math skills (counting, addition, subtraction)

Desired Previous Job Experience:

Job Info

• Job Identification: 124244
• Category: Store Operations
• Posting Date: 05/07/2025, 11:02 AM
• Location: 3333 W 11Th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97402, US

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your well-being, including healthcare, flexible scheduling, emotional and financial support, associate discounts, tuition reimbursement, and growth opportunities.

We’ve grown from a small Cincinnati grocery store to the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores across 35 states. Our purpose is to feed the human spirit by creating amazing experiences for customers, communities, and associates. We value diversity, innovation, and a passion for food and people. Join us if you are caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn—your potential is unlimited. Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!