Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co.•Port Hueneme, CA

26d•$17 - $17

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, helps customers with merchandise and loading bags into their cars, maintains store and parking-lot cleanliness, returns merchandise to shelves, gathers carts, and provides basic shelf conditioning. The role also supports customers by sharing information about grocery specials, answering product questions, locating items, and conducting price checks for cashiers. Associates follow bagging best practices, safety procedures, food safety regulations, applicable laws, and company guidelines; inspect equipment and report repair needs; and help create a welcoming environment for customers, including minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults. The role requires cooperation in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment and the ability to manage conflict constructively.

Requirements

Customer service skills.
Effective communication skills.

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 items.
Follow best practices for bagging items in reusable, plastic, and paper bags.
Help remove 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 and report unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues to store management.
Follow food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment as part of preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of repair needs.
Answer customer questions about products in the department and throughout the store, helping customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
Follow local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict reasonably, nonconfrontationally, and cooperatively.
Handle customer and business information honestly and with integrity.
Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.