STOCKER

Houchens-Food-Group,-Inc.; Tompkinsville (KY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Houchens-Food-Group,-Inc. is seeking a stock associate in Kentucky to receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise and to help create attractive displays. You will stock shelves and displays, assist customers with merchandise selection, and maintain cleanliness and organization throughout shifts.

No prior experience is required; attention to detail and reliability are essential for this role. Regular hours and physical duties such as lifting are expected, with emphasis on accuracy and

Qualifications

• Ability to answer customers and advise on merchandise.
• Ability to observe shift hours as scheduled.
• Maintain clean and stocked displays.
• Good reading, writing and basic math for stock and timekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by store manager and/or assistant manager.
• Give all customers friendly, courteous and prompt service.
• Stock shelves, displays, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise
• Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise.
• Properly clean and maintain display cases, shelves, equipment and aisles.
• Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
• Discuss problems concerning the stock with the store manager and/or assistant manager.
• Perform specific tasks as assigned by the store manager and or assistant manager.

Skills

Accountability

Communication

Customer oriented

Detail oriented

Time management

Reliability

Teamwork

Organized

Education

Less than high school education

Job description

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with merchandise and arrange merchandise displays to attract customers. May periodically take physical count of stock.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by store manager and/or assistant manager.
• Give all customers friendly, courteous and prompt service.
• Stock shelves, coolers, displays, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise
• and maintain them by keeping them full and fronted at all times.
• Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise.
• Properly clean and maintain display cases, shelves, equipment and aisles.
• Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
• Properly record all shift hours worked. Verify and sign time sheet.
• Discuss problems concerning the stock with the store manager and/or assistant manager.
• Perform specific tasks as assigned by the store manager and or assistant manager.

Requirements

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.

Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.

Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.

Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.

Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.

Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.

Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.

Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.

Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.

Team Building - Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal.

Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Education

Less than high school education

Experience

No prior experience necessary

Other Requirements

Required to have access to a phone at all times, able to perform basic math calculations, able to enter and work in a cooler at a temperature of 34 to 20 degrees for minutes at a time and must be able to read, write, speak, hear and understand the English language.

• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• Physical Abilities Lift /Carry
• Stand C (Constantly) 10 lbs or less C (Constantly)
• Walk C (Constantly) 11-20 lbs C (Constantly)
• Sit O (Occasionally) 21-50 lbs C (Constantly)
• Handling / Fingering C (Constantly) 51-100 lbs F (Frequently)
• Reach Outward C (Constantly) Over 100 lbs F (Frequently)
• Reach Above Shoulder C (Constantly)
• Climb F (Frequently)
• Crawl F (Frequently)
• Squat or Kneel F (Frequently)
• Bend F (Frequently)
• Push / Pull
• 12 lbs or less C (Constantly)
• 13-25 lbs C (Constantly)
• 26-40 lbs F (Frequently)
• 41-100 lbs F (Frequently)

• N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this occupation.
• O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)
• F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)
• C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Houchens Food Group is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, or pregnancy. Applicants may request accommodations based on religious beliefs, disability, or pregnancy.

Subject to pre-employment background and drug screening.