PRODUCE/CLERK

Kroger Mountain View Foods; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading grocery store chain as a Produce Clerk, where you'll create exceptional customer experiences, assist in sales goals, and maintain high-quality standards. This role offers flexible scheduling, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Emotional and financial support

Associate discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service.
• Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals.
• Promote trust and respect among associates.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to handle stressful situations

Education

Current food handlers permit

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

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 be able to 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 identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store management of any items in need of repair
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents
• Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft, or fraud to store management
• Work cooperatively in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment
• 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
• Support and assist through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
• Perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications

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)

About Us

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states under 28 different names. We take pride in bringing diverse teams together with a passion for food and people, with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. We work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all. We value people and 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 eager to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to join our Kroger family!

What You’ll Receive From Us

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your well-being, including physical, emotional, financial, and more. We’ll help you thrive, with access to:

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescriptions, through company or collective bargaining plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holidays and sick leave based on eligibility and tenure.
• Emotional and financial support through programs like Employee Assistance and Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on various purchases.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career through our Continuing Education program.
• Opportunities for growth via training programs and diverse career pathways.

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