Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co.•Pittsburg, CA

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, while demonstrating the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety of others. The role bags groceries, assists customers at checkout and with loading purchases, maintains store and parking-lot cleanliness, returns merchandise, gathers carts, supports shelf conditioning and seasonal displays, and helps customers and cashiers locate products and conduct price checks. The associate follows safety and food-safety requirements, reports unsafe conditions and equipment needing repair, complies with applicable laws and company guidelines, and provides respectful support to customers, including minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults. Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Applications are accepted continuously, and applicants may be contacted when a suitable position becomes available.

Requirements

Customer service skills.
Effective communication skills.
Ability 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, aiming for at least five items per bag while preventing damage to merchandise.
Follow best practices for 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.
Follow safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues, and notify store management.
Adhere to food-safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment as part of preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager about items needing repair.
Welcome and assist customers by answering questions about products in the department and throughout the store.
Comply with local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict reasonably, cooperatively, and without confrontation.
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.