Veterans-First Vending & Stock Specialist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbia, SC is seeking a Supply Clerk to support hospital supply operations. The role involves receiving and storing merchandise, maintaining stock levels, operating a cash register during peak times, and ensuring safety and sanitation in a hospital setting.

The incumbent will handle daily receiving reports, assist with inventories, and help manage shoplifting risks while coordinating with management on stock and

Qualifications

• Customer service skills required.
• Ability to read and interpret instructions and perform basic math.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience working as a supply clerk.
• Must be able to stand, walk, and frequent bending.
• Must be able to lift or move objects weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted.
• A current — valid REAL ID is required to work at Veterans Canteen Service.

Responsibilities

• Complying with all safety rules and health provisions addressing safety and sanitation in a hospital environment.
• Receiving, inspecting, counting and storing incoming merchandise.
• Marking/tagging merchandise in preparation for the sales floor.
• Maintaining a clean and organized stock room in which merchandise is stored according to proper safety and merchandising requirements.
• Preparing and reviewing daily receiving reports before providing to management for final review.
• Ensuring optimum stock availability by taking periodic stock counts and participating in annual inventories.
• Keeping management apprised of slow-moving, defective, out of stock or damaged merchandise as well as any customer requests or complaints.
• Informing management of suspected cases of shoplifting or other internal security violations.
• Bringing merchandise from the stockroom to the sales floor, setting and maintaining Plan-O-Grams (POGs) and special/seasonal displays.
• Working a cash register and maintaining a change fund during peak times, assisting in stocking and restocking vending machines, restocking supply items in the PatriotCafe and PatriotBrew and filling in gaps in coverage when necessary.
• Ensuring compliance with fire, safety, sanitation and security regulations as well as the security of cash, fixed assets and merchandise inventory.
• Performing housekeeping duties in the selling area, such as cleaning fixtures and dusting merchandise.

Skills

Customer service

Reading instructions

Basic math

Supply clerk experience

Job description

Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbia, SC is seeking a Supply Clerk to support hospital supply operations. The role involves receiving and storing merchandise, maintaining stock levels, operating a cash register during peak times, and ensuring safety and sanitation in a hospital setting.

The incumbent will handle daily receiving reports, assist with inventories, and help manage shoplifting risks while coordinating with management on stock and