PRODUCE/CLERK

About the role

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return.
• Aid the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals.
• Maintain quality assurance standards.
• Model the 3A's of Friendly: acknowledge, assist, and appreciate customers.
• Promote corporate brands to customers.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
• Answer questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Prepare produce platters/trays and recommend items to customers.
• Adequately prepare, package, label, and inventory merchandise.
• Inspect products for quality and freshness and take appropriate action.
• Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identifying unsafe conditions.
• Report all safety risks or issues, including: robbery, theft, or fraud to store management.
• Support and assist through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction).
• Current food handlers permit once employed.
• Desired previous job experience in comparable retail settings.
• Second language (speaking, reading, and/or writing).

Qualifications

• Ability to work cooperatively in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, non-confrontational, and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.

Skills

• Customer service skills.
• Product knowledge.
• Safety awareness.
• Conflict resolution.
• Time management.

Benefits

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

Pay

Details about pay will be provided during the interview process.

Schedule

Details about schedule will be provided during the interview process.