Grocery Clerk 4 - Stocker

Position Overview

The Grocery Clerk 4 - Stocker role involves supporting daily grocery department operations and delivering outstanding customer service to shoppers.

Key Responsibilities

• Offer excellent assistance to customers, promptly addressing their queries.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of grocery items and their aisle placements, including conventional, organic, and perishable goods.
• Help keep the inventory floor orderly through merchandising, product facing, inventory retrieval, and rotating perishable stock.
• Support maintaining sufficient back stock levels of grocery products.
• Assist in unloading, inspecting, and processing delivery and vendor shipments.
• Correctly implement rotation practices when storing received goods.
• Maintain accurate product displays and signage on sales floors.
• Respond to phone calls and pages professionally and promptly.
• Adhere to all established guidelines, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation rules, and safe work practices.
• Report any safety hazards or violations immediately to supervisors.
• Perform assigned opening, mid-day, and closing tasks.
• Attend required training sessions and meetings, and work all scheduled shifts.
• Complete additional duties as directed by supervisors.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum age of 18 years.
• Preferred experience in retail or grocery settings.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks effectively within a dynamic environment.
• Works well both collaboratively and independently with little supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow instructions and procedures.
• Clear verbal and written communication.
• Flexible availability, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Basic math aptitude.
• Conversational English required for customer interaction; bilingual skills are an advantage.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Conditions

• Regular contact with flour, grains, dairy, fresh produce, nuts, and other allergens.
• Frequently lifting and carrying items up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• Extended periods of standing and walking during work hours.
• Engages in movements such as bending, twisting, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.
• Use of hands for gripping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation.
• Exposure to a range of temperatures from freezers to ovens and outdoor conditions.
• Frequent work in both wet and dry environments.
• May require ladder or step stool use.
• Handling of FDA-approved cleaning chemicals, tools like knives, PPE, forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, carts, and balers.
• Exposure to intermittent noise from machinery and equipment.
• Requirement to wear non-slip, water and oil resistant closed-toe footwear.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Competitive wages and benefits package
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee discounts
• Paid time off
• Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care
• Regular wage increases
• Commuter benefits
• Safety incentive programs
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development

Additional Information

Reasonable accommodations are provided to support employees with disabilities in fulfilling essential job functions.

Work involves full availability including evenings and weekends.