Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co.•Palatine, IL

19d

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 customer groceries carefully, assists with checkout and car loading, maintains shelves and store cleanliness, returns merchandise, gathers carts, and helps customers locate products and learn about specials. The role supports a welcoming shopping environment, follows food and workplace safety practices, inspects equipment, and complies with applicable laws and company guidelines. The associate 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.

Nice To Haves

Retail experience is preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities

Bag groceries at checkout, striving to bag at least five items while ensuring items are not damaged.
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 areas inside and outside the store.
Handle and assemble seasonal merchandise.
Learn the store layout, locate products, and conduct price checks for cashiers.
Reinforce safety programs by following procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues, and notifying 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.
Help customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions about products 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 necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.