Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger

The Kroger Co. • Chester, VA

14d

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service, and establish and maintain a safe, 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 groceries at checkout, assists customers with merchandise and loading groceries, maintains shelves and store areas, returns carts and merchandise, and helps customers locate products and learn about specials. The role also supports safety, food safety, equipment maintenance, and store policies while providing courteous assistance to customers, including minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults. The position requires the ability to perform its essential functions 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 preventing damage and following best practices for 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.
• 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 reasonably, cooperatively, and without confrontation.
• Act honestly and with integrity when handling customer and business information.
• 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.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full-time and part-time roles.
• Paid time off, including holiday and sick pay, based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Free, confidential financial tools and coaching through Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, and technology.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over a career through the Continuing Education program.
• Training programs and diverse career pathways.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed