GROCERY/COURTESY CLERK

Job TitleCreate an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. 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 of others.ResponsibilitiesPromote trust and respect among associates. Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the store. Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products. Assist with customer requests; retrieving, lifting and locating product. Greet customers, help customers load merchandise on the conveyor belt, bag merchandise and thank customers. Assist in removing customer's merchandise from bottom of bascart for checkout. Properly and politely follow all customer requests on bagging preferences. Follow best practices for bagging items in various types of bags, such as reusable/plastic/paper, while ensuring that contents or items are not damaged. Offer assistance to customers with loading bags into their car. Control shrink by following all company shrink initiatives including but not limited to: bottom of basket inspections, cart transfers, proper placement of all go-backs. Retrieve carts from the parking area using a cart strap, pushing no more than 6 carts at once, and return them to designated areas. Understand the store's layout and have the ability to locate products and conduct price checks for cashiers. Observe scheduled shift operating hours. Display a positive, friendly attitude. Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management. Execute, maintain and log a legitimate safety sweeps program by inspecting entire sales floor every half hour. Notify management of customer or employee accidents. Maintain cleanliness standards on, but not limited to: lobbies, vending machines, restrooms, total sales floor, spills, check stands, carts, hand baskets, and front of building/parking lot. Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud. Collaborate with Front-end associates to encourage teamwork. Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines. Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, cash control, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed. Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.QualificationsMinimum: Must be able to meet the minimum physical demands of the position. Must be 16 or older. Desired: Ability to handle stressful situations. Effective communication skills. Knowledge of basic math: counting, addition, and subtraction.