GROCERY/LEAD CLERK

Fred Meyer, Inc.; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 2,617,000; Full time

Job summary

Fred Meyer, Inc. is seeking a customer-focused associate to create an outstanding shopping experience in our Anchorage store. You will assist the department manager in reaching sales goals while maintaining safety, cleanliness, and quality standards for all customers.

Key duties include answering questions about products, promoting a welcoming atmosphere, and helping customers find items. Prior retail experience and a second language are valued assets in this role.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 or older.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Retail experience (preferred).
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing).

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service.
• Assist the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals and monitor quality assurance standards.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for customers and associates.
• Answer questions about products and store services to help customers make informed choices.

Skills

Stress management

Communication

Basic math

Retail experience

Bilingual

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. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Minimum

• Must be 18 or older
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction)

Desired

• Retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)
• Promote trust and respect among associates, with a positive attitude.
• 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 grocery specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered.
• Recommend 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.