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Kroger Family of Companies; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies in Salem, OR is seeking a customer-focused team member to deliver outstanding service in the Drug GM and Home departments. You will help create a welcoming environment, answer product questions, and assist customers in finding items they need.

Assist the department manager in achieving sales goals, monitor stock and safety procedures, label and stock merchandise, and report discrepancies.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Promote trust and respect among associates
• Create a welcoming environment for customers and answer questions
• Know products in department and respond to questions
• Offer product samples to help customers discover items
• Inform customers of specials
• Recommend items to meet customer needs
• Review sell-by dates and take action
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies
• Display a positive attitude
• Stay current with ads
• Reinforce safety procedures and identify hazards
• Notify management of accidents
• Report safety risks or illegal activity
• Perform essential functions with or without accommodation

Skills

Effective communication

Knowledge of basic math

Ability to handle stressful situations

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. Role model and 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

• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about

• Inform customers of Drug GM and Home specials

• Recommend Drug GM and Home items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need

• Review “sell by” dates and take appropriate action

• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise

• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager

• Display a positive attitude

• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads

• 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 risk, 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

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• Ability to handle stressful situations

• Effective communication skills

• Knowledge of basic math; counting, addition, and subtraction

Desired

• Retail experience

• Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing