Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

Kroger•Fostoria, OH

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return, while demonstrating the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety of others. The Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger bags groceries at checkout, assists customers with their merchandise and loading bags into their cars, and helps maintain store cleanliness, safety, and product presentation. The role also involves helping customers locate products, answering questions, informing them about grocery specials, and supporting store operations as needed. Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Applications are continuously accepted; the team reviews submissions and contacts applicants when a suitable position becomes available.

Requirements

Customer service skills.
Effective communication skills.
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.
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Retail experience is preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities

Bag groceries at checkout, striving for at least five items per bag while preventing damage to items.
Follow best practices for bagging items in reusable, plastic, and paper bags.
Assist with removing customers' merchandise from the bottom of their bascarts for checkout.
Offer to help customers load bags into their cars.
Perform basic shelf conditioning.
Inform customers about 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 areas inside and outside the store.
Handle and assemble seasonal merchandise.
Understand the store layout, locate products, and conduct price checks for cashiers.
Follow safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues, and notify store management.
Adhere to food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager when repairs are needed.
Create a welcoming environment by answering questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Follow 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.
Handle customer and business information honestly and with integrity.
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.