Liquor Clerk

Liquor Clerk

The Liquor Clerk is responsible for stocking, rotating, merchandising, and selling products in the Liquor Department while providing excellent customer service and maintaining department cleanliness and security. This position verifies customer identification and eligibility for alcohol purchases, processes transactions accurately, and follows all Company procedures and applicable requirements for alcohol sales.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Stock, align, rotate, recover, and merchandise products while maintaining accurate and visible signage.
• Provide prompt and courteous customer service, answer routine product questions, and assist customers in locating merchandise.
• Verify photo identification and purchaser eligibility for alcohol and other age-restricted products in accordance with Company procedures and applicable requirements.
• Process customer transactions accurately using the point-of-sale system and follow established cash-handling procedures.
• Maintain clean and orderly sales floor, register, supply, and back-stock areas.
• Move merchandise using approved carts and manual pallet jacks and assist with stocking and pallet organization.
• Follow department security, loss-prevention, safety, and controlled-access procedures.
• Follow written and verbal instructions, maintain attention to detail, and communicate operational concerns to department leadership.
• Assist with other store functions as assigned, consistent with position responsibilities and qualifications.

Experience/Education:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid TAPS card throughout employment.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Liquor retail, cashiering, stocking, merchandising, or customer-service experience preferred.
• Ability to provide professional customer service, accurately process transactions, and follow applicable alcohol-sale and identification-verification procedures.

Company Description:

Three Bears Alaska is a family-owned chain of Alaskan grocery stores with so much more. We are committed to providing customers with quality goods and services at the lowest possible price. We strive to meet the needs of our customers by offering a diverse range of products and exceptional customer service. With multiple locations throughout Alaska, Three Bears Alaska, Inc. is dedicated to serving the local community and creating a positive shopping experience.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Colonial Life Elective Benefits
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Holiday Pay
• Automatic raise of $1.00/hr every 1,040 hours worked

Auto raises will be provided based on straight-time hours worked until top of pay scale is reached.

Pay Range:

Starting at $15.00/hr (DOE)

• Full-time/Part-time
• Schedule may include early mornings, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays based on department needs.

Office Location and Travel:

• LOCATION: In person
• Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Working Environment:

Work is performed primarily in a retail liquor department, register, sales-floor, and stockroom environment. The position involves regular customer interaction, age verification, cash handling, and controlled-access merchandise. Employees must be able to stand for extended periods, frequently bend and reach, and occasionally walk, squat, and reach above shoulder level. The position requires continuously lifting and carrying items weighing up to 20 pounds and occasionally lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds at various heights. Frequent grasping, pushing, pulling, and repetitive hand motions are also required. Employees must be able to read labels, receipts, identification, signs, and transaction information and hear and communicate with customers and team members.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Reasonable Accommodation:

Three Bears Alaska, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration without regard to protected status under applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

This job description is intended to provide basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and working conditions may change as needs evolve.