General Merchandise Clerk - Store #30 Part-Time

Northgate Gonzalez Market Job Opportunity

Northgate Gonzalez Market has grown from one store in Anaheim in 1980 to over 40 locations across Southern California, and we're looking for passionate, customer-focused team members to join our family. We offer flexible schedules, opportunities for growth, and an associate discount of up to 20% for you and your householdall in a positive and fun work environment where you'll feel valued and appreciated. If you're enthusiastic, team-oriented, and ready to build a career with us, we'd love to meet you.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

Operational

• Handle damaged and spoiled products and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods.
• Keep refrigerated coolers, store shelves and other displays fully stocked and faced at all times according to tag allocation or department standards; assist in building store displays for maximum sales and turnover; display merchandise in a neat and colorful manner.
• Keep perishable merchandise rotated in accordance with store policy and product code dates and pull all out of code merchandise.
• Maintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on a regular, ongoing basis.
• Perform any other work-related duties as assigned.

Leadership

• Greet all customers and provide them with prompt and courteous service or assistance.
• Notify store team leader of personnel situations or policy violations affecting store operating performance or of situations requiring disciplinary action or that may potentially require such action.

Safety

• Respond promptly to emergencies and potential safety hazards such as spills/broken glass or plastic containers that contain liquid products; never leave the scene until help arrives.
• Comply with safety policies and procedures and read all safety posters and bulletins.

Requirements And Conditions:

Education/Experience

• High school education preferred, or equivalent education.

Certificates/Licenses/Registrations

• If forklift operator must have forklift certification.

Skills Required

• Ability to hear, speak and understand the spoken word in order to respond promptly to pages for assistance, to accommodate verbal requests from customers for information or assistance, to answer telephones, and to be able to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to read, write, analyze, interpret and understand the spoken language, English and Spanish, with sufficient proficiency in order to read and understand company handbooks, policies and procedures and other written job related documents.

Physical Demands And Work Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and use the hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools or controls.
• The employee must occasionally exert or lift up to 55 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight.
• The employee must be able to climb a ladder to retrieve inaccessible items for customers located above freezer cases, stockrooms and other storage areas; must be able to sweep and mop floors, dust and face shelves, and lift and carry out trash containers to be emptied in an outside bin.
• Successful performance requires specific vision abilities that include close vision and the ability to adjust focus including having sufficient visual acuity to check and verify invoices and other written documents.
• Be able to work in an environment with fresh fruits, vegetables, house plants and flowers without negative allergic consequences that adversely affect performance.
• The employee must have sufficient physical mobility or agility to be able to respond quickly to fire or other emergencies such as cleanup requests (due to accidental spills or breakage of containers having liquid contents), shoplifting and other security assistance requests, customer accidents, etc.
• The employee must be able to stock coolers and shelves and endure working under temperature extremes (as low as 20 F) in refrigerated storage areas up to 20 minutes at a time.
• The work environment includes frequent exposure to, in, or around refrigerated storage areas and relatively damp and humid conditions including wet or slippery floor surfaces.

Pay Range: $18.12 - $21.00

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