Grocery Experience Associate

Smith's Food and Drug; Gardnerville (NV); On-site; USD 1,929,000 - 2,480,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith's Food and Drug in Gardnerville, NV is seeking a team member to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and to maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customer return.

You will assist the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals while upholding the Customer 1st strategy and the company values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products and respond to questions and make suggestions.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items.
• 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 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 and maintain temperature logs.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions.
• Practice preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying management of repairs.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report safety risks or issues, including robbery, theft or fraud.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced environments and manage conflict professionally.
• Follow directions and seek assistance to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
• Perform essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Stress management

Effective communication

Basic math

Retail experience

Job description

Smith's Food and Drug in Gardnerville, NV is seeking a team member to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and to maintain a safe, clean environment that encourages customer return.

You will assist the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals while upholding the Customer 1st strategy and the company values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.