Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co.•Maple Valley, WA

21d

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety of others. The Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger bags customers’ groceries, assists with checkout and loading purchases into cars, maintains shelves and store cleanliness, returns merchandise, gathers carts, and helps customers locate products or learn about specials. The role also supports seasonal merchandise handling, price checks, equipment inspections, food safety, and store safety programs. Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Customer service skills.
Effective communication skills.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.

Nice To Haves

Retail experience is preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities

Bag groceries at checkout, aiming to bag at least five items while preventing damage.
Follow best practices when bagging items in reusable, plastic, and paper bags.
Assist with removing customers’ merchandise from the bottom of the bascart for checkout.
Offer to help customers load bags into their cars.
Perform basic shelf conditioning.
Inform customers of grocery specials.
Return merchandise to store shelves.
Gather bascarts and return them to designated areas.
Clean spills and collect and pick up trash inside the store and in the parking lot.
Clean all areas inside and outside the store.
Handle and assemble seasonal merchandise.
Understand the store layout, locate products, and conduct price checks for cashiers.
Comply with safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues, and notify store management.
Follow food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
Answer customer questions about products in the department and throughout the store, helping customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
Adhere to local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
Follow directions and seek assistance when needed to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.