Grocery Clerk

Kroger; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in Seattle is seeking a Grocery Clerk to create an outstanding customer experience through proactive service and a clean, safe shopping environment. You will assist department management in achieving sales goals, uphold safety standards, and help customers find and select items with knowledge of current promotions.

The role emphasizes attentiveness to customer needs, accurate product handling, and collaboration with team members to maintain quality and efficiency across the department.

Qualifications

• Customer service skills required.
• Effective communication skills necessary.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).

Responsibilities

• Help customers discover items and answer questions.
• Inform customers about specials and recommend products.
• Check product quality and freshness; review sell-by dates.
• Stock and label department merchandise; assist with inventory.
• Maintain safe food handling procedures and temperature logs.
• Provide friendly, welcoming service to customers of all ages.

Skills

Customer Service

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 of others.

Responsibilities

• Grocery Clerk helps customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Grocery Clerk informs customers of food specials and recommends grocery 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.
• Grocery Clerk provides customers with fresh and non-perishable grocery products that they have ordered.
• Recommend grocery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• 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.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• 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.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notifying appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a 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 older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• Customer Service skills
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)

Desired Previous Job Experience

• Customer Service skills
• Retail experience