Grocery Night Clerk

Kroger; Decherd (TN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in Decherd, TN seeks a department/stock associate to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. You will help maintain a safe, clean environment and support the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals.

Responsibilities include answering customer questions, suggesting products, ensuring freshness, labeling and stocking merchandise, and upholding food safety standards. Candidates with retail experience and good math skills are preferred.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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 for the department.
• Promote trust and respect among associates and make customers feel welcome and appreciated.
• Answer questions regarding products and suggest items to customers.
• Check product quality and review sell-by dates; take action as needed.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise; provide fresh products ordered.
• Report ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Adhere to food safety regulations and maintain proper temperatures in cases and coolers.
• Reinforce safety programs and notify management of unsafe conditions.
• Inspect equipment and report maintenance needs to management.
• Report safety risks, accidents, and any illegal activity to management.

Skills

Ability to handle stressful situations

Knowledge of basic math

Effective communication skills

Retail experience

Second language

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.

• 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

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)