STOCKER

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

Job summary

Houchens Food Group in Kentucky is seeking a Stock Clerk to receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise, and to stock shelves and displays for easy customer access.

The role involves helping customers, answering questions about merchandise, and keeping displays neat, fronted, and up to date. No prior experience required; training provided. The position emphasizes reliability, punctuality, and a team‑oriented work ethic in a fast paced retail setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to accept responsibility and account for actions.
• Effective spoken communication with customers.
• Care for customer needs while following procedures.
• Attention to minute details.
• Focus on goals and achieving results.
• Honesty and integrity in the workplace.
• Organized and systematic in task performance.
• Dependable and trustworthy.
• Accountable and responsible for conduct.
• Team-building abilities to work with others.
• Strong time management to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with merchandise selection and questions.
• Maintain stock levels; keep shelves full and fronted.
• Receive, unpack, and display new merchandise.
• Inspect shipments for accuracy against invoices.
• Record and sign shift hours; report to management.
• Communicate stock concerns to store management.
• Perform duties as assigned by managers.

Skills

Accountability

Communication

Customer oriented

Detail oriented

Goal oriented

Honesty / Integrity

Organized

Reliability

Responsible

Team Building

Time Management

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.