HSS07 (Fuqua/Beltway) - Inventory Specialist - Part time

H.E.B.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Joe V’s Smart Shop, a division of H-E-B, is seeking an Inventory Specialist in the Greater Houston area. You will execute price image tasks, maintain plan-o-gram integrity, and manage storewide inventory with ownership and teamwork.

Key duties include shelf-edge and tag accuracy, printing signs, researching discrepancies, and supporting resets and new item processes to ensure correct stocking and a smooth customer experience in a busy retail environment.

Qualifications

• Age 18+ and eligible to work in the U.S.
• 6+ months of related retail experience.
• Ability to communicate clearly with customers and teammates.

Responsibilities

• Maintain shelf-edge integrity and correct shelf tags.
• Print signs and tags for promotions.
• Research inventory discrepancies and correct them.
• Ensure pricing accuracy across the store.
• Assist with plan‑o‑gram resets and new item processes.
• Order product and supplies as needed for resets.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Multitasking

Job description

Overview

Joe V’s Smart Shop is a Division of H-E-B, the largest independent food retailer in Texas. Joe V’s operates 9 stores throughout the Greater Houston area, and our annual sales generate over 320 million dollars. Joe V’s, the small store that offers BIG savings, creates possibilities for our Customers and Partners to live a more enriched life by providing the lowest prices and highest wages. Joe V’s proudly stands by our mission to deliver the lowest grocery prices in the world for the smartest shoppers, so they can enjoy life’s pleasures.

Responsibilities

Job Summary: As an Inventory Specialist, you'll execute processes and tasks related to price image, plan-o-gram integrity, and inventory management across departments. You'll perform all responsibilities and job duties with a sense of ownership and a team approach.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

Inventory Management:

• Ensures shelf-edge integrity; checks shelf tags and makes accurate changes
• Prints signs and tags
• Researches inventory discrepancies and makes corrections
• Provides scan accuracy for weekly ad
• Monitors condition of scanners and register terminals; reports any issues
• Ensures items printed in ad are in stock
• Executes resets and new item process
• Executes process for exited and discontinued items
• Assigns PSA to all Plan-O-Gram items
• Ensures pricing accuracy for total store
• Orders product, fixtures, and supplies for all reset work
• Ensures scale maintenance is performed daily
• Maintains store mapping labels to support PSA processes
• Executes Shelf Edge Roadmap notes
• Ensure accuracy on inventory for total store
• Performs the above responsibilities to ensure accurate stocking and a smooth experience for customers

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements:

Age Requirement:

• 18+

Work Experience:

• 6+ months of related experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high volume environment

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Completion of required job skills and compliance-related training
• Advanced customer service skills
• Advanced verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between tasks
• Ability to work a flexible schedule

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Function in a fast paced, retail environment, in detailed and precise tasks
• Work with Customers, staying attentive to their needs
• Constantly reach at waist, grasp
• Frequently stand, walk
• Occasionally reach overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, pivot, twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, and use fine motor movements
• Occasionally be exposed to cold, wet (non-weather) conditions, ambient temperature, and loud noise
• Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 40 lbs, and manage in excess of 85 lbs
• While there may be exceptions, the measurements noted are generally defined as -- Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day
• It is the responsibility of each individual Partner to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 02/01/2022