Grocery Stocker: Friendly Service & Inventory Expert

Lowes Foods; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Hickory, NC is seeking a Grocery Associate to provide friendly guest service, stock shelves, rotate products, and maintain backroom inventory. You will help with unloading deliveries, ensure sanitation, and support front-end operations to keep wait times low.

The role emphasizes teamwork, adaptability, and knowledge of grocery operations, with strong emphasis on safety, accuracy, and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to lift 40 lbs. constantly 60 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to read and understand information and direction.
• Knowledge of grocery operations.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.
• Effective communication and guest service skills.
• Ability to bend, kneel, stand, push/pull stock carts and operate pallet jack for extended periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly interactions with all guests and co-workers.
• Stock, rotate, and condition all grocery product on shelves according to Lowes Foods standards and productivity guidelines.
• Maintain neat and safe work area to allow guests to shop without agitation.
• Maintain organized, inventoried backstock in the backroom area.
• Minimize damage and shrink through proper inventory control, rotation of the shelves and overstock, and proper product handling.
• Assist with unloading and verifying merchandise upon delivery to the store.
• Maintain sanitation standards on the sales floor and in the backroom area.
• Communicates temperature problems to supervisor (dairy and frozen food).
• Performs front-end duties as necessary to ensure "no noticeable wait" standard is upheld and maintained.
• Order product for aisles (as assigned by management).
• Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Team player

Heavy lifting

Reading comprehension

Grocery operations

Quick learner

Guest service

Physical stamina

Job description

Lowes Foods in Hickory, NC is seeking a Grocery Associate to provide friendly guest service, stock shelves, rotate products, and maintain backroom inventory. You will help with unloading deliveries, ensure sanitation, and support front-end operations to keep wait times low.

The role emphasizes teamwork, adaptability, and knowledge of grocery operations, with strong emphasis on safety, accuracy, and guest satisfaction.