Perishable Stocker

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC), based in Tyler, Texas, operates over 215 stores across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma under five banners: Brookshire's Grocery Company, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market, Fresh by Brookshire's, and Reasor's. The company emphasizes a supportive workplace with growth opportunities and community impact.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and prescription coverage
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with company contribution
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Scholarships and educational support
• Access to a 205-acre outdoor recreation area

About the role

Maintains product levels and quality control in frozen food and dairy departments. Ensures products are displayed in accordance with Company standards and all regulatory food safety practices. Promotes customer service and sales building practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintains full stock conditions on frozen food and dairy display racks and shelves
• Operates pallet jack to unload product from warehouse trucks and reloads trucks with return items (partners 18+)
• Ensures dated product is stocked, rotated, or discarded properly if unsold
• Inspects product for quality and maintains quality control and food safety standards
• Collects empty cardboard boxes and other trash and places into bailer (partners 18+)
• Assists fellow partners and customers by responding to price check questions and exchanging and/or locating product
• Promotes product sales through use of suggestive selling initiatives
• Provides friendly and customer service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, and responding to customer complaints
• Maintains clean, safe and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to Company safety procedures
• Complies with all Company policies and procedures
• Takes precautionary safety measures when using equipment and work tools

Requirements

• Ability to operate manual or electric pallet jack (partners 18+)
• Ability to safely operate and maintain department equipment
• Ability to handle objects gently to avoid damage to items, people, vehicles, and property
• Ability to safely work with sharp objects such as knives, box cutters, etc.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well with fellow partners and promote a team environment
• Ability to learn new technology systems, methods and processes
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays
• Must be attentive to potential hazards and remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around or near the hazard as soon as is reasonably possible
• Must report any potential hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor
• Minimum of 18 years of age required to operate equipment
• Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy
• Food Handler certification required
• Typically involves on-the-job training

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus
• Continuously required to stand or walk
• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling
• Continuously required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs
• Continuously required to bend, kneel or squat
• Frequently required to talk and hear
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop or crawl
• Occasionally exposed to outside temperatures and weather
• Attendance at work is required

Work Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store
• Continuously exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather)
• Frequently exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions
• Occasionally exposed to cleaning agents
• Quiet to moderate noise level