Grocery Clerk

Kroger; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading retail company as a Grocery Clerk, where you'll create outstanding customer experiences and maintain a safe environment. This entry-level, part-time role involves assisting customers, managing inventory, and ensuring product quality while adhering to safety regulations. Enjoy benefits like healthcare, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Healthcare

Flexible scheduling

Counseling

Discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Customer service skills required.
• Effective communication and basic math knowledge needed.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Customer Service skills

Effective communication skills

Basic math knowledge

Education

Retail experience

Job description

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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

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. Maintain proper temperatures in cases and coolers, and keep temperature logs.
10. Gain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to questions and make suggestions.
11. Create a welcoming environment for customers by answering questions about products.
12. Follow safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, and notify management.
13. Inspect equipment and notify management of repairs needed.
14. Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
15. Work cooperatively in high-paced and stressful environments.
16. Manage conflict in a reasonable and cooperative manner.
17. Act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
18. Follow directions and seek assistance when needed to resolve issues.
19. Support and assist minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
20. Perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications

Minimum Position Qualifications

• Customer Service skills
• Effective communication skills
• Basic math knowledge (counting, addition, subtraction)

Desired Previous Job Experience

• Customer Service skills
• Retail experience

About Us

Based in Washington, Qualify Food Centers (QFC) merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. We serve customers in 59 stores across Washington and Oregon. As part of Kroger, we are committed to diversity and community engagement, with a focus on feeding the human spirit. We value caring, purpose, and growth, offering opportunities for career development and community impact.

What You’ll Receive From Us

The Kroger family offers comprehensive benefits including healthcare, flexible scheduling, counseling, discounts, tuition reimbursement, and growth opportunities. For more details, visit our Benefits Page.

About The Team

The final pay rate is determined at the store level based on experience. We provide benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being, including health care, paid time off, mental health resources, discounts, and career development programs. Our initiatives include Zero Hunger | Zero Waste and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. Learn more at thekrogerco.com.

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Part-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Retail

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