Clerk-Retail Inventory Control Battle Ground Washington

Albertsons • Battle Ground, WA

265d

About The Position

Position Purpose: Receives deliveries of products from all DSD vendors and verifies accuracy of invoices. Operates receiving system according to Company and Division policies. Maintains a good rapport with vendors.

Requirements

• Ability to be friendly, courteous, tactful and maintain composure in dealing with customers, co-workers and vendors.
• Requires good interpersonal, organizational and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be a team player.
• Ability to comprehend and follow written and oral instructions.
• Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts and pallet jacks.
• Ability to operate related equipment such as: power lifts, balers, compactors, cutters, pricing guns and computer equipment.
• Ability to operate 10-key and type on a keyboard.
• Ability to stand up for long periods of time, walk and move rapidly, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
• Mental alertness is required to ensure safe, accurate completion of work activities and to do repetitious work accuracy.
• Requires knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Requires a good understanding of Company policies and procedures regarding receiving, ordering, stocking, merchandising, pricing, inventory control and product warehousing/storage.
• Requires product knowledge including seasonality and perishability.
• Requires knowledge of product movement and factors impacting gross margins.
• Ability to work early mornings, weekends and holidays.
• Regular attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Champions Company and Division Legendary Customer Service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals.
• Promotes Company's philosophy of personalized service.
• Receives all deliveries and logs into the computer.
• Breaks down loads from DSD suppliers.
• May transport products from receiving area to storage, freezer, cooler or sales area.
• Ensures cost, quality and inventory controls through verifying orders against invoices, auditing contents of product and using the electronic receiving system to verify costs.
• Reconciles vendor invoices to costs on the computer system.
• Inputs differences by item into the system.
• Balances all receiving and transmits information to the general office for payment.
• Maintains invoices and reports in the established filling system according to the record retention schedule.
• Reviews and accepts only proper and correct orders submitted by outside sales representatives.
• Daily reviews emails to review communication from the DSD Coordinator and retrieves vendor invoices.
• Prevents shrink, damage and spoilage of product.
• Repairs and prices damaged product if saleable.
• Discards or returns damaged product to appropriate vendor as required.
• Responsible for the security, sanitation and organization of the receiving, storage and loading dock areas.
• Performs training duties.
• Operates related equipment such as: hand trucks, six-wheel carts, power lifts, pallet jacks, balers, compactors, cutters, pricing guns and computer equipment such as hand held units and stationary CRT units.
• May occasionally perform duties such as ordering, stocking, stacking, facing, pricing, marking and rotating of dairy and frozen food items, in the absence of the dairy or frozen food clerks.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.
• Maintains good working relationship with vendors and delivering personnel.
• Other necessary and required duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Food and Beverage Retailers