Buyer
About The Position
Grocery Buyers help ensure customers have a positive experience by keeping products available and providing timely, friendly, caring service. Working closely with department leadership and using data, they ensure products are well-stocked and visually appealing and that food and safety rules are followed. Duties include assisting customers, ordering products, restocking shelves, receiving deliveries, processing invoices, presenting products and displays attractively, ensuring labels and signs are correct, and maintaining health and safety standards. This is a union position reporting to the Center Store Manager. The position is at the River Market, 221 Main Street North, Stillwater, MN 55082, and is scheduled for 35 to 40 hours per week. Available shifts may vary and can include day, evening, weekend, and holiday hours; flexibility is required to meet business needs.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Prior retail customer service experience.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.
- Ability to multitask with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to perform repeated bending, standing, and reaching, and lift up to 50 pounds.
- Proficiency in basic arithmetic, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
- Computer proficiency with MS Office, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Physical ability to occasionally grasp, grip, pull, push, twist, and turn as needed.
- Constant walking, standing, talking, hearing, and correctable vision including near acuity and depth perception.
- Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, and lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds from floor to waist.
- Occasional work in refrigeration; pushing, pulling, and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds from floor to waist; and lifting and reaching from waist to shoulder and above the shoulder.
- Approximately 25% of the time is spent on administrative duties and sitting.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience with ordering, stocking, and receiving.
- Experience ordering products for retail sale in a high-volume, fast-paced environment such as a grocery store may be rewarded with advanced placement on the starting wage scale.
Responsibilities
- Assist customers and provide timely, friendly, caring service.
- Order products and use data with department leadership to help ensure products are available and well-stocked.
- Restock shelves and receive deliveries.
- Process invoices.
- Keep products and displays presentable and visually appealing.
- Ensure labels and signs are correct.
- Maintain food, health, and safety standards.
Benefits
- 20% employee discount
- Excellent paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) matching
- Low-cost health insurance premium options
- Free access to primary care and mental health counseling for staff enrolled in the company's medical insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- On Demand Pay
- Free food program for staff
- Dress code that allows for inclusivity and creativity
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
