Austin 10 (Oak Hill) Grocery - Customer Service Rep - Full time

Customer Service Representative

As a Customer Service Representative, you'll be responsible for providing a well-stocked and well-maintained department while providing superior customer service. You'll stock and properly rotate products on a daily basis, while maintaining all department and safety / sanitation standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Stocking: Stocks and rotates items as needed
• Assists with inventory control; loads, unloads, and moves product
• Organizes, cleans, and prepares back area for the night crew and incoming trucks
• Organizes merchandise on pallets to make the department presentable to the public
• Ensures integrity of shelf tags and signage in department; may create / prepare signage, as needed
• Maintains standards in shrink, safety, inventory control, and sanitation
• Checks shipments for out-of-date and damaged product to ensure freshness and quality of products
• Builds, stocks, maintains, and takes down store displays
• Performs the duties of Customer Service Assistant as needed
• Provides superior customer service
• Answers customer questions regarding products and assists them with selections; helps customers locate store merchandise
• Merchandises product effectively
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to meet customer needs and build department sales
• Cleans and sanitizes sales floor, display cases, prep areas, and equipment
• Properly handles and maintains the operation of all equipment
• Complies with departmental SOPs and store operating procedures

Additional department-specific responsibilities may include:

• Beauty: Knowledge of beauty and cosmetic aids
• Drugstore / General Merchandise: Prepares tags and signs as needed
• Grocery: Organizes, cleans, and prepares back area for the night crew and incoming trucks
• Texas Backyard: Passion for outdoors
• Entertainment: Knowledge in the audio / video field

Qualifications and key requirements include:

• Age Requirement: 18+
• Work Experience: Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
• Strong customer service skills - Required
• Communication and interpersonal skills - Required
• Reading and writing skills - Required
• Planning and organizing skills - Required
• Education: HS Diploma or GED (or equivalent) - Required

Physical demands and working conditions vary by department:

Beauty:

• Constantly reach at waist, grasp
• Frequently stand, walk, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, stoop, pivot, pinch, perform fine motor movements
• Occasionally sit, reach at overhead, reach at floor, bend, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, twist, push / pull with arms
• Occasionally be exposed to cold, loud noise, and wet conditions
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 30 lbs, and manage in excess of 30 lbs

Drugstore / General Merchandise:

• Constantly reach at waist, pivot, grasp
• Frequently stand, walk, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, stoop, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, ulnar / radial deviation, extend and flex wrists
• Occasionally sit, reach at overhead, reach at floor, bend, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, twist
• Occasionally be exposed to cold, loud noise, and wet conditions
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 55 lbs, and manage in excess of 65 lbs

Grocery:

• Constantly reach at waist, pivot, grasp
• Frequently stand, walk, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, stoop, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, ulnar/ radial deviation, extend and flex wrists
• Frequently be exposed to cold conditions
• Occasionally sit, reach at overhead, reach at floor, bend, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, twist
• Occasionally be exposed to loud noise, and wet conditions
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 65 lbs, and manage in excess of 135 lbs

Texas Backyard:

• Constantly reach at waist, grasp
• Frequently stand, walk
• Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladder, pivot, twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements
• Occasionally be exposed to wet conditions and loud noise
• Frequently be exposed to ambient temperatures
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 65 lbs, and manage in excess of 65 lbs

Healthy Living:

• Constantly stand, reach at shoulder, reach at waist, pivot, grasp, pinch
• Frequently walk, reach at overhead, reach at knee, reach at floor, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, cervical flexion
• Occasionally bend, crawl, climb stairs, twist, push / pull with arms, perform fine motor movements
• Occasionally be exposed to cold, loud noise, and wet conditions
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs, and manage in excess of 50 lbs