Center Store Teammate

Responsibilities

• To greet, respond to questions, and explain store policies to all guests in a courteous manner.
• To prepare the back room for receipt of merchandise, unload trucks and sort cases according to aisle or pallet.
• To clean store floors, check-lanes, carts, restrooms, parking lot, and shelves, while safely using cleaning equipment and chemicals.
• To load stocking carts and pallets, transport cases to the sales floor, match the case strip to the shelf tag or stock, place merchandise in the designated area, and "face" the front row of each display.
• To assure the safety of self, guests, and teammates by understanding and practicing store safety rules and notifying a supervisor of any potential hazard immediately.
• To remove broken containers, packing materials, boxes, and trash from the sales floor or guests’ pathway immediately.
• To understand the operation, safety requirements, and restraints of a baler, case cutter, pallet jack, and forklift (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack, forklift, baler, and cutters).
• To count and record individual items of merchandise for inventory.
• To manually price mark/label merchandise without an UPC code.
• To move damaged, unsalable, or "returnable" products from shelves to the backroom, sorting the materials into bins for return to the damage reclaim center.
• To use the proper case opening and product stacking techniques to prevent damage to merchandise.
• To remove trash from the aisle, operate the baler, put the compacted bale on a pallet, and load salvage on to trucks.
• To change signs, light bulbs, tags, and price markers on the shelf display.
• To assist cashiers by bagging and carrying out merchandise when needed.
• To perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and managers, substituting for absent workers, and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to guests during peak periods of business.

Qualifications

• Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide, count)
• Able to give, receive complex verbal instructions, descriptions to and from supervisors and teammates concerning store or department policy and procedures and use of equipment.
• The ability to read and write English.
• The ability to make judgments concerning the placement of merchandise on the shelf/display (spatial relationship), case opening procedures, and extent of unsalable product damage.
• Able to open cases and stock so products will not be damaged.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.

Physical Demands

• This position will be required to regularly perform the following motions: Sit, Stand, Stoop, Squat, Bend, Reach, Push, Pull, Grip, Twist, Lift, Climb, Carry, Walk, and Kneel.
• Under the strength level highlighted on the positions job description/physical capacity release form, the teammate must be able to perform the above motions “frequently” and “occasionally”.
• Teammates age 18 and older will be required to safely handle and operate the following: Case cutter, Utility knife, Forklift (with proper certification), Pallet jack, Compact Baler.
• Teammates age 18 and older who work in food prep areas will be required to safely handle and operate the following: Slicer, Oven, Fryer, Knives, Mixers.

Safety

• The teammate will not use drugs or alcohol on the job.
• The teammate will not create a direct threat to the health and safety of others on the job.

Work Environment

• Inside work with extreme variations in temperature, dust, humidity from back door, compressors, cooler, and freezer.
• Stockers perform their duties primarily in the grocery department and in the back room.
• Outside may be required.

Classification

• Occasionally: 10lbs - 25lbs
• Frequently: 20lbs - 50lbs
• Very Heavy: 100lbs+

Qualifications

• Required: Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide, count)
• Required: Able to give, receive complex verbal instructions, descriptions to and from supervisors and teammates concerning store or department policy and procedures and use of equipment.
• Required: The ability to read and write English.
• Required: The ability to make judgments concerning the placement of merchandise on the shelf/display (spatial relationship), case opening procedures, and extent of unsalable product damage.
• Required: Able to open cases and stock so products will not be damaged.
• Required: Good interpersonal communication skills.

Perks

• Flexible hours
• Teammate discount
• Competitive pay & benefits

Woods Supermarket is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Woods Supermarket is committed to equal opportunity for all teammates and applicants. As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), we do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual stereotyping, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other protected characteristic.