Grocery Associate - Full-time / Part-time

Description

JOB TITLE

Grocery Associate

REPORTS TO

Store Manager

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

N/A

FLSA STATUS

Non-Exempt

SALARY RANGE

$15.00 - $20.00

JOB SUMMARY

The Grocery Associate receives, stores, and issues sales floor merchandise and is the backup for the cashier and deli associate.  The employee in this position also serves as the shift point person when the Store Manager is not on duty.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for proper receiving, unloading, storage, and rotation of merchandise and building of displays.
• Responsible for clean equipment, tables, floors, coolers, and production areas as required to exceed food safety requirements.
• Strictly adheres to all safety, health, weight, and measure regulations.
• Observes temperatures of cooler cases and freezers and reports failures to management promptly.
• Properly rotates all product, pulling outdated items from shelves immediately.
• Learns and follows all coding policies.
• Ensures department signage and shelf tags are always present and reflect correct pricing information.
• Assists manager with monthly inventories as instructed.
• Learn all aspects of the current position.
• Learns and becomes an expert in all equipment, hardware, software, and tasks.
• Creates and maintains a healthy, clean, inviting department that customers love shopping in.
• Creates appropriate department signage and displays to help stimulate sales and customer interest and praise.
• Supports, respects, and positively follows all company SOPs and values.
• Runs registers following all cashier policies and assists front-end staff as needed.
• Performs and manages all ordering for the grocery department (candy, dairy, frozen food, grocery, grocery tax, HBC, magazines/cards, newspapers, soda).
• Calculates margins and makes sure pricing is correct and clear on the shelves and that the Store Manager has current-to-date pricing information, so items are retailed at the register correctly.
• Work closely with vendors to ensure the store is receiving and offering the best pricing, new items, best quality, and appropriate items that your customers will love and appreciate.
• Ensure shelves are properly blocked and rotated daily.
• Ensure grocery shelves are maintained, cleaned, and organized.  This includes ensuring all products are tagged and/or labeled properly.
• Masters and manages all opening and closing duties.
• Provides exceptional customer service at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Be available to work a flexible schedule that will shift as operation needs shift (includes working nights, weekends, and holidays). 
• Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus.
• Strong customer service skills
• Computer knowledge
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of customers, employees, and management.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma or GED preferred

EXPERIENCE

One year grocery store experience preferred

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE

N/A

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The description of the physical demands and the work environment characteristics here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform and those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and is frequently exposed to extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

• Work is performed in a typical retail work environment.
• Ability to lift weight up to 50 lbs. frequently
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, kneel, bend, reach as needed to perform duties
• Ability to work in different temperature control climate

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED

U-boats, cardboard crusher, personal computer and printer, copier, credit card machine, calculator, telephone, and facsimile machine.

NOTE

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All applicants made a conditional offer of employment must cooperate fully with background investigations.  All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.  To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Reviewed with employee by:

Manager’s Name: __________________________              Date:  ______________

Received and accepted by:

Employee’s Name:  _________________________             Date:  ______________

NOTCH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Be available to work a flexible schedule that will shift as operation needs shift (includes working nights, weekends and holidays).
• Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task and maintain focus.
• Strong customer service skills
• Computer knowledge
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of customers, employees, and management.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma or GED preferred

EXPERIENCE

One year grocery store experience preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work is performed in a typical retail work environment
• Ability to lift weight up to 50 lbs. frequently
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, kneel, bend, reach as needed to perform duties
• Ability to work in different temperature control climate

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED

U-boats, cardboard crusher, personal computer and printer, copier, credit card machine, calculator, telephone, and facsimile machine.