Home Hardlines/Clerk

Kroger•Vancouver, WA

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Retail experience.
A second language, including speaking, reading, and/or writing.

Responsibilities

Promote trust and respect among associates.
Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions about products sold within the department and throughout the store.
Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department, respond to questions, and make product suggestions.
Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
Inform customers of Drug GM and Home specials.
Recommend Drug GM and Home items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
Review “sell by” dates and take appropriate action.
Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
Report product ordering and shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
Display a positive attitude.
Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, and notifying store management.
Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notifying the appropriate department or store manager of 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.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.