Grocery Clerk - TEMP(90DAYS) - AVAILABILITY REQUIRED 9AM TO 10PM

Good Food Holdings Companies • Lake Oswego, OR

3d • $19 - $25

About The Position

The Grocery Clerk stocks, rotates, and faces grocery products, provides exceptional customer service, and contributes to a positive, collaborative team environment. The role supports department opening and closing, helps customers select products, maintains attractive product displays, and keeps merchandise, signage, and work areas organized and accurate. The position is temporary for 90 days and requires availability between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Grocery store schedules may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, based on business needs.

The role involves frequent standing and walking throughout the shift, with occasional stair, step-stool, or ladder use depending on location. The grocery-store environment may include wet or slippery surfaces, moderate noise, temperature extremes in coolers and freezers, outdoor work in all temperatures depending on location, and exposure to allergens or chemicals. The position requires following food and work safety policies and completing and maintaining required safety training or certifications.

Requirements

• Complete and maintain any required food and work safety trainings or certifications.
• Basic math or computation skills.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow verbal and written instructions.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Ability to work a schedule based on business needs, which may change seasonally or due to staffing needs; in-store schedules may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to frequently stand and walk throughout a shift and frequently use hands and wrists for grabbing, twisting, and pulling.
• Medium physical work capacity: occasionally lift 50 pounds and frequently lift or carry objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to work in a grocery-store environment that may include wet or slippery surfaces, moderate noise, temperature extremes in coolers and freezers, outdoor work in all temperatures depending on location, and exposure to allergens or chemicals.

Nice To Haves

• Previous customer service, food service, retail, or grocery experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the Grocery department for store opening and closing.
• Assist customers with product selection, share product knowledge, and make recommendations based on customer needs.
• Stock, rotate, and face products while monitoring quality and expiration dates.
• Build displays and arrange products to create attractive presentations, including featured, unique, and seasonal items.
• Complete customer special orders and provide follow-through as needed.
• Receive and unload merchandise; check its quality, count, and condition, and report issues to management and the merchandising team.
• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and rotation of department areas, products, and supplies.
• Maintain accurate pricing and signage that meet merchandising standards.
• Handle damaged and spoiled products according to company policy.
• Follow shift-specific guidelines, tasks, and responsibilities.
• May participate in inventories and ordering.
• Stay aware of current ads, promotions, holidays, and events, and continue learning about department products.
• Notify the department manager or Manager On Duty of customer service, safety, productivity, security, or other situations that could adversely affect the store.
• Engage customers in a friendly manner and seek opportunities to exceed expectations and improve their experience.
• Adapt to changing tasks and business needs; demonstrate reliable and predictable attendance.
• Work cooperatively and respectfully with team members, customers, and vendors; contribute to an inclusive workplace and use the DEI lens in work tasks and collaboration.
• Give and receive feedback constructively and respond to feedback to improve performance.
• Conserve company resources and work consistently with the company mission, values, and sustainability program.
• Follow company rules, department guidelines, food and work safety policies, and applicable regulatory requirements; help maintain store cleanliness and equipment, and report problems.
• Use sound judgment and a solutions-oriented approach in job tasks and workplace interactions.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) access for all staff.
• 30% staff shopping discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, pre-tax spending accounts, life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and disability benefits for eligible full-time, regular-status staff who regularly work at least 24 hours per week and have worked for 60 days.
• 401(k) participation for eligible full-time, part-time, and temporary staff who have worked for 60 days and are at least 21 years old.
• Paid time off (PTO) accrues from the first day of employment; accrual depends on hours worked and tenure.
• Potential paid holidays, depending on schedule and tenure.
• Supplemental leave pay, such as parental or bereavement leave.
• Store incentive program based on financial and operational goals.
• Paid time for volunteering at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
• Discounts on some forms of public transportation.
• Adoption assistance.
• Up to $40 reimbursement for a birthday dinner or New Seasons Market groceries.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed