Grocery Associate (Part Time, Flexible Schedule)
About The Position
The Grocery Associate provides friendly, knowledgeable service and helps customers have a smooth and efficient shopping experience. The role involves stocking, rotating, and organizing shelves and coolers; checking products for freshness, packaging, sell-by dates, pricing, and signage; and maintaining clean, orderly sales-floor, aisle, and back-stock areas. Associates use walkie-talkies to answer questions and communicate with team members, assist with deliveries, and report inventory or temperature issues to supervisors. Depending on assignment, the position may also include answering customer phone calls and helping train new employees. Adams emphasizes respectful, courteous, and collaborative interactions with customers and coworkers, along with enthusiasm for its products and quality. The work may involve frequent lifting and repositioning of items weighing up to 50 pounds, working in cold temperatures for most of a shift when assigned to dairy, operating material-handling equipment, using a garbage compactor and cardboard crusher when needed, climbing stepstools or ladders occasionally, repetitive hand and wrist motions, communicating by walkie-talkie, and working in tight or confined spaces. The position is part-time with a flexible schedule and reports to the Grocery Manager. Adams describes compensation as competitive but does not provide a specific salary range. Benefits mentioned include medical, dental, and vision coverage for applicable roles, voluntary pet insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, flexible pay schedules through DailyPay, and an employee discount.
Requirements
- Knowledge of grocery products and their locations on the sales floor, or willingness to learn.
- Be helpful and friendly to customers.
- Ability to demonstrate and set an example for Adams’ culture and values.
- Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with coworkers and managers.
- Enthusiasm, positivity, and/or knowledge about Adams’ products and quality.
- Ability to consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to work in cold temperatures for the majority of a shift when assigned to the dairy department.
- Ability to safely operate U-boats, a pallet jack, and hand carts.
- Ability to use a garbage compactor and cardboard crusher when needed.
- Ability to occasionally ascend and descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder.
- Ability to perform repetitive motions that may involve the wrists, hands, and/or fingers for the duration of a shift.
- Ability to communicate with others to exchange information, typically using a walkie-talkie.
- Ability to move into different positions and work in various environments, including tight and confined spaces.
Responsibilities
- Provide friendly, knowledgeable service and prioritize assisting customers.
- Stock, rotate, and organize shelves and coolers, ensuring accurate pricing and signage.
- Inspect products for freshness, proper packaging, and correct sell-by dates.
- Maintain a clean, organized department, including sales floor, aisles, and back-stock areas.
- Use walkie-talkies to assist with questions and communicate with team members.
- Assist with deliveries, check dates, and report inventory or temperature issues to supervisors.
- Answer customer phone calls when assigned.
- Assist with training new employees when assigned.
Benefits
- Medical coverage for applicable roles
- Dental coverage for applicable roles
- Vision coverage for applicable roles
- Voluntary pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Flexible pay schedules through DailyPay
- Employee discount
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
