Grocery/Clerk

Kroger; South Dakota; On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in South Dakota is seeking staff to create an outstanding customer experience, maintain a safe, clean environment, and support department goals. Associates assist the department manager, answer questions, stock merchandise, check freshness, and uphold food safety standards while delivering respectful service.

We foster a welcoming atmosphere, promote trust among associates, and encourage proactive safety reporting to keep customers and teams safe and engaged.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist department manager in meeting sales and profit goals.
• Answer customer questions about products within the department.
• Promote a welcoming environment and deliver excellent customer service.
• Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Check product quality and review dates for freshness.
• Report discrepancies and safety concerns to store management.
• Adhere to food safety regulations and maintain proper temperatures.
• Provide support in high-paced, sometimes stressful environments.

Skills

Effective communication

Basic math

Stress management

Teamwork

Integrity

Conflict resolution

Following directions

Customer service

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.

• 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.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Inform customers of dairy specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered.
• Recommend 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.

Minimum

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

Desired

• Retail experience