Frozen Food/Dept Leader

Kroger•Ferndale, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Frozen Food/Dept Leader is responsible for creating an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. This role involves establishing and maintaining a safe and clean environment that encourages customer returns, assisting the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals, and monitoring all established quality assurance standards. The leader is expected to embrace the Customer 1st strategy, encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service, and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Requirements

Must be 18 or older
Ability to handle stressful situations
Effective communication skills
Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction)

Nice To Haves

Retail experience
Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing)

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates, with a positive attitude.
Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
Inform customers of frozen food specials.
Recommend frozen food items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
Check product quality to ensure freshness.
Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.