Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co.•Mcdonough, GA

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 at checkout, assists with merchandise and bag loading, maintains store and parking-lot cleanliness, and helps customers find products and learn about grocery specials. The role also supports safe store operations, follows food safety requirements and company guidelines, and provides courteous assistance to customers, including minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults. Applications are continuously accepted for roles like this. The team reviews submissions and will contact applicants if a position becomes available that aligns with their qualifications and organizational priorities.

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.
Use best practices when bagging items in reusable, plastic, and paper bags.
Assist in 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.
Follow food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment as part of preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager about items needing repair.
Answer customer questions about products in the department and throughout the store, helping customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
Comply with local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict reasonably and cooperatively, 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 direct support and assistance to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.