Dated Item Clerk

WinCo Foods•Garland, TX

About The Position

The Dated Item Clerk inspects dated merchandise and maintains, rotates, and replenishes stock safely and efficiently to meet customer needs. The role generally involves 6–8-hour shifts between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in a 24/7 operation. The clerk maintains product quality by monitoring expiration dates, following rotation procedures, keeping Quality Assurance records, and removing stale or damaged merchandise. The role also includes inspecting vendor and department merchandise, reporting rotation or short-dated product issues to appropriate management, assisting customers, and helping train others. Employees must follow company policies and applicable laws and perform their duties with honesty and integrity.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Ability to work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to 40 pounds, from floor level to overhead, occasionally.
Ability to stand, walk, and move rapidly for long periods.
Ability to bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently.
Ability to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
Ability to learn and memorize product locations, company policies, and Quality Assurance procedures.
Manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination to rotate product.
Ability to visually inspect merchandise placed on shelves.
Hearing and speech ability to provide customer service during the shift.
Ability to perform primary duties efficiently and accurately and meet or exceed established scanned-item rotation report time standards.

Responsibilities

Maintain the quality condition of dated items.
Complete the Scanned Item Rotation Report at the beginning of each shift and flag items pending rotation within allowable time standards.
Pull product before expiration and rotate daily according to guidelines using the Quality Assurance Display.
Maintain the Quality Assurance database daily, adding new or untracked items once the store database has been established, using the Scanned Item Exception Report.
Scan out pulled stale or damaged Quality Assurance product at the backroom scanner.
Periodically inspect vendor items and report short-dated issues to the Receiver and Assistant Manager.
Periodically inspect outer department rotation and Large Quantity Items rotation.
Audit flagged items discarded by the freight crew and report findings to the Assistant Manager.
Report repeated rotation issues to the Assistant Manager and appropriate Department Manager; report ongoing issues to the Store Manager.
Notify store management of large quantities of product pending expiration within two weeks, or sooner for refrigerated Large Quantity Items, so management can determine whether to mark down the product.
Assist customers with questions and perform training duties.
Maintain a safe, secure, and sanitary work environment.
Report short-dated product shipped from the warehouse to the appropriate Warehouse Inventory Supervisor, including order number and UPC number.
Occasionally transmit data to the General Office.
Perform other duties as assigned or needed.
Perform all job duties and responsibilities with honesty and integrity.