Grocery Stocker – Flexible Hours (Center Store)

Woods Supermarket; Sedalia (MO); On-site; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Center Store Teammate / Grocery Stocker

Description

Our center store teammates ensure proper presentation of merchandise on store shelves and displays, while providing friendly assistance to guests.

Reports To

Store Manager

Benefits

Perks of being a Woods Supermarket Teammate include flexible hours, a teammate discount, and competitive pay & benefits.

Job Expectations

Successful Teammates will conduct themselves in a positive attitude and truthful character demonstrating D>E service and our Hospitality 4.

Responsibilities

• To greet, respond to questions, and explain store policies to all guests in a courteous manner.
• To prepare the back room for receipt of merchandise, unload trucks and sort cases according to aisle or pallet.
• To clean store floors, check-lanes, carts, restrooms, parking lot, and shelves, while safely using cleaning equipment and chemicals.
• To load stocking carts and pallets, transport cases to sales floor, match the case strip to the shelf tag or stock, place merchandise in the designated area, and "face" the front row of each display.
• To assure the safety of self, guests and teammates by understanding and practicing store safety rules and notifying a supervisor of any potential hazard immediately.
• Remove all broken containers, packing materials, boxes, and trash from the sales floor or guests’ pathway immediately.
• To understand the operation, safety requirements and restraints of a baler, case cutter, pallet jack and forklift (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack, forklift, baler, and cutters).
• To count and record individual items of merchandise for inventory.
• To manually price mark/label merchandise without an UPC code.
• To move damaged, unsalable or "returnable" products from shelves to the backroom, sorting the materials into bins for return to the damage reclaim center.
• To use the proper case opening and product stacking techniques to prevent damage to merchandise.
• To remove trash from the aisle, operating the baler, put the compacted bale on a pallet and load salvage on to trucks.
• To change signs, light bulbs, tags and price markers on the shelf display.
• To assist cashier's by bagging and carry out merchandise when needed.
• To perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and managers, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to guests during peak periods of business.

Work Environment

• Inside work with extreme variations in temperature, dust, humidity from back door, compressors, cooler, and freezer. Stockers perform their duties primarily in the grocery department and in the back room. Outside may be required.

Qualifications

Required

• Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide, count)
• Able to give, receive complex verbal instructions, descriptions to and from supervisors and teammates concerning store or department policy and procedures and use of equipment.
• The ability to read and write English
• Make judgments concerning the placement of merchandise on the shelf/display (spatial relationship), case opening procedures and extent of unsalable product damage.
• Able to open cases and stock so products will not be damaged.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.

Physical Demands

• Sit
• Stand
• Stoop
• Squat
• Bend
• Reach
• Push
• Pull
• Grip
• Twist
• Lift
• Climb
• Carry
• Walk
• Kneel

Every position title at Woods Supermarket has a physical requirement classification. The teammate must be able to perform the above motions “frequently” and “occasionally” under the strength level highlighted on the positions job description/physical capacity release form. Teammates performing in these roles are required to meet the minimum physical capacity so that they may safely perform their job duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Capacity Requirements

Occasionally

• 10 lbs

Frequently

• 10 lbs to 25 lbs

Sedentary

• 10 lbs

Light

• 20 lbs
• 10 lbs

Medium

• 20 lbs-50 lbs
• 10 lbs-25 lbs

Heavy

• 50 lbs-100 lbs
• 25 lbs-50 lbs

Very Heavy

• 100 lbs+
• 50 lbs+

Required Equipment

• Case cutter
• Utility knife
• Forklift (with proper certification)
• Pallet jack
• Compact Baler

Food Prep Equipment

• Slicer
• Oven
• Fryer
• Knives
• Mixers

Safety

• The teammate will not use drugs or alcohol on the job.
• The teammate will not create a direct threat to the health and safety of others on the job.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Woods Supermarket is committed to equal opportunity for all teammates and applicants. As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), we do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual stereotyping, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other protected characteristic. Employment may be contingent upon Woods Supermarket’s receipt of an acceptable and job-related drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.