Liquor Clerk (21+)

Three Bears Alaska, Inc.; Wasilla (AK); On-site; USD 20,664 - 22,041; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Automatic raise of $1.00/hr every 1,040 hours worked

Job summary

Three Bears Alaska, Inc. is seeking a Liquor Clerk in Wasilla, Alaska. This full-time role involves stock management, assisting customers, and processing sales in a busy liquor store.

Successful candidates should have a High School Diploma or GED, with a focus on customer service. Responsibilities include ensuring merchandising standards and maintaining a clean store environment.

The position offers a starting pay rate of $15.00 - $16.00/hr, and various benefits such as health and dental insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Must be at least the legal age to sell alcohol and tobacco.
• Previous customer service experience preferred.
• Training as required by local law.

Responsibilities

• Stock and clean the liquor store, assisting customers and ringing up orders.
• Check purchaser age and verify identification for alcohol sales.
• Communicate with supervisors to maintain merchandising standards.
• Perform various cleaning and maintenance tasks.

Skills

Customer service skills

Cash register operation

Stocking and merchandising

Communication with supervisors

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Cash register

Hand-held/tabletop scanners

Manual pallet jack

Job description

Role Description

Liquor Clerks stock, straighten, and clean the liquor store; assist customers; check purchaser age; and ring up orders in a liquor store with a separate entrance and gated access.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Follow merchandising standards and practices.
• Align products, collect and return stray items, and maintain high product levels.
• Rotate merchandise.
• Check for accurate signage.
• Hang and replace computer-generated product signs.
• Use a box knife to cut boxes for display and remove twine or shrink-wrap from pallets.
• Stock opened cases on shelves.
• Move and position pallets of merchandise using a manual pallet jack.
• Stack product from partial pallets onto full pallets.
• Communicate with supervisors and managers to determine merchandising plans and priorities.
• Write a list of products to be brought from the steel by the forklift driver for stocking.
• Provide prompt and courteous customer service.
• Answer phones, direct customers to products, and assist with product information.
• Check photo identification to verify legal purchase age for anyone buying alcohol or tobacco.
• Ring up orders.
• Receive payment, make change, and process checks, credit, EBT, and debit charges.
• Clean the liquor store by sweeping, mopping, spraying, wiping, and dusting.
• Stock supplies, empty trash, and operate the trash compactor and cardboard baler.
• Operate the cash register, hand-held/tabletop scanners, conveyor belt, carts, flatbeds, trash compactor, and cardboard baler.
• Assist in other departments of the store as necessary.
• Perform other functions as necessary or assigned.

Experience / Education

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Age and certification as required by local law.
• Customer service skills preferred.
• Training as required by local law.

Company Description

Three Bears Alaska is a family-owned chain of Alaskan grocery stores serving the local community across multiple locations. We are committed to providing customers with quality goods and services at the lowest possible price by offering a diverse range of products and exceptional customer service.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Colonial Life elective benefits
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Holiday pay
• Automatic raise of $1.00/hr every 1,040 hours worked
• Auto raises will be provided based on straight-time hours worked until the top of the pay scale is reached.

Pay Range

Starting at $15.00 - $16.00/hr (DOE)

Schedule

• Full-time
• Evening, weekends, and holidays are required.

Office Location and Travel

• Location: In person
• Reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (Required)

Working Environment

Work is performed in a store setting with frequent phone communications. The role requires computer usage, strength, dexterity, coordination, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and video display terminal and other office equipment. The job involves continuously standing, walking, reaching at or below shoulder height, frequently lifting or carrying up to 20 pounds below the waist, up to 50 pounds at the waist or chest, and occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is intended to provide basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and working conditions may change as needs evolve.