Front End/Courtesy Clerk

Kroger•Phoenix, AZ

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. The role greets, engages, and assists customers; processes transactions quickly and accurately; and follows company checkout, tender, loss-control, food-safety, and restricted-sale procedures. The clerk also helps customers with questions, supports safety and equipment-maintenance practices, and provides direct assistance to minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults. The essential functions must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Customer service experience.
Ability to handle stressful situations.
Effective communication skills.
Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
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.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a Bagger or Courtesy Clerk.

Responsibilities

Greet, engage, and assist customers.
Process customer transactions through the check lane quickly, accurately, and efficiently.
Understand the Point of Sale (POS) system and handle cash, checks, credit, debit, SNAP EBT, Offline SNAP EBT, WIC, rain checks, loyalty offers, coupons, and checkout procedures according to company policy.
Follow company limits and guidelines for cash shortages and overages, and work honestly and effectively to control loss.
Follow guidelines on restricted-sale items, including alcohol, tobacco, and DVDs.
Report pricing discrepancies to the Scan Coordinator.
Follow established policies and procedures for postage stamps, gift cards, and coupons, where applicable.
Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
Adhere to food-safety regulations and guidelines.
Reinforce safety programs by following safety procedures; identify unsafe conditions, accidents, or issues and notify store management.
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.
Adhere to local, state, and federal laws and company guidelines.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment, and manage conflict reasonably, cooperatively, and 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 support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.