PRODUCE/CLERK

City Market in; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values its employees and customers alike! As a Produce Clerk, you'll be at the heart of creating an outstanding customer experience by providing exceptional service and maintaining a clean environment. This role not only offers you the chance to assist in achieving sales goals but also allows you to grow within a supportive team that prioritizes your well-being. With comprehensive benefits, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for career advancement, this position is perfect for those who are caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn. Embrace the opportunity to make a difference in your community while thriving in your career!

Benefits

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations and effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math and current food handlers permit required.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers and assist with produce inquiries.
• Promote corporate brands and maintain product quality and freshness.
• Ensure compliance with safety procedures and assist with inventory management.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to handle stressful situations

Basic math skills

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

PRODUCE/CLERK (Finance)

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. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Based in Colorado, City Market merged with The Kroger Company in 1983. Today, we're proudly serving City Market customers in 34 stores throughout Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven, and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our City Market family!

What you'll receive from us:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial, and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

For more information about benefits and eligibility, please visit our Benefits Page!

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Current food handlers permit once employed

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• Comparable retail experience
• Second language (speaking, reading, and/or writing)

Additional Responsibilities:

• Role model the 3A's of Friendly: acknowledge, assist, and appreciate our Customers
• Promote Corporate Brands to customers
• 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 respond to questions and make suggestions about products
• Assist with the preparation of produce platters/trays
• Inform customers of produce specials
• Recommend items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
• Adequately prepare, package, label, and inventory merchandise
• Review/inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action with those items
• 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
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are kept
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identifying unsafe conditions and notifying store management
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notifying appropriate personnel of repairs
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents
• Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud to store management
• Ability to work cooperatively in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner
• Act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
• Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Salary Range: $17.00 - $21.16