Grocery Night Clerk

Kroger Family of Companies; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies in Georgia is seeking a customer-focused team member to join our grocery department. You will assist customers, maintain a safe, clean store, and support the department manager to meet sales goals. This role emphasizes safe food handling, accuracy in counting and stocking, and excellent communication.

Prior retail experience is a plus. You will answer questions about products, promote friendly service, and adhere to all food safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills required.
• Ability to handle stressful situations in a retail environment.
• Basic math skills for counting and transactions.

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create a welcoming environment and assist customers with product questions.
• Gain knowledge of products and respond to inquiries with suggestions.
• Recommend grocery items and inform customers of specials.
• Check product quality and review sell-by dates.
• Stock and label department merchandise; ensure fresh products are available.
• Report discrepancies to the department manager.
• Adhere to food safety regulations and maintain proper temperatures.
• Follow safety procedures and report unsafe conditions.
• Inspect equipment and notify management of repairs.
• Report accidents and safety risks to management.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to handle stressful situations

Knowledge of basic math

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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
• Recommend grocery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need; inform customers of grocery specials
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell by dates and take appropriate action
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise; provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered
• 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/issues and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

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

Desired

• Any retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)