Grocery Clerk/Ruler

Ruler Foods; Williamstown (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to creating an outstanding customer experience. You will play a vital role in ensuring a clean and safe environment, while embracing a culture of respect, honesty, and teamwork. This position offers the opportunity to grow through industry-leading training and diverse career pathways. If you are caring and eager to learn, your potential is limitless. We invite you to be part of a team that values each member and strives to feed the human spirit.

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage

Flexible Scheduling

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Associate Discounts

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations and complete cashier training.
• Effective communication and reading skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Rotate merchandise and check product quality for freshness.
• Create a welcoming environment for customers and assist with inquiries.
• Process transactions quickly and accurately using the Point of Sale system.

Skills

Customer Service

Basic Math

Effective Communication

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage team members to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Based in the Midwest, Ruler Foods merged with The Kroger Company in 1999. Today, we're proudly serving Ruler customers in 48 stores across Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.

As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven, and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Ruler family!

What you'll receive from us:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial, and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

For more information about benefits and eligibility, please visit our Benefits Page!

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to fully complete the cashier training program
• Ability to memorize produce items and sale items
• Effective communication and reading skills
• Must be 18 years old

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• Customer service experience
• Retail experience

Responsibilities include:

• Rotating all merchandise according to code dating policies and checking product quality to ensure freshness; reviewing sell-by dates and taking appropriate action
• Promoting trust and respect among team members
• Creating an environment that makes customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold
• Gaining and maintaining knowledge of products sold and responding to questions and making suggestions about products
• Greeting, engaging, and assisting customers
• Informing customers of grocery specials
• Ordering, labeling, stocking, and inventorying merchandise
• Reporting product ordering and shipping discrepancies to store management
• Processing customer transactions quickly, accurately, and efficiently; understanding the Point of Sale system, and handling various tenders such as cash, checks, credit, debit, SNAP EBT, Offline SNAP EBT, WIC, loyalty offers, coupons, and checkout procedures according to company policy
• Adhering to the company's limits on cash shortages and/or overages and working to control loss
• Following guidelines on restricted sale items (Alcohol, Tobacco, Fireworks)
• Collaborating with team members to encourage teamwork
• Reporting pricing discrepancies to store management
• Reporting product ordering or shipping discrepancies to store management
• Displaying a positive attitude
• Staying current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads
• Adhering to all food safety regulations and guidelines
• Maintaining proper temperatures in cases and coolers and keeping temperature logs
• Reinforcing safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identifying unsafe conditions
• Practicing preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying management of repairs
• Reporting customer or employee accidents
• Reporting all safety risks, issues, and illegal activity including robbery, theft, or fraud
• Adhering to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines

Physical demands include standing up to 100% of the time, lifting an average of 50 lbs., pushing/pulling carts and skids, bending, twisting, squatting, turning, climbing on a ladder or stool, manual dexterity, and repetitive motion. Must be able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.