STORE/LEAD RECEIVER

The Kroger Co.•Aspen, CO

About The Position

The Lead Receiver provides customer service and supervises and completes transactions with third-party vendors. The role monitors store conditions, maintains standards, controls inventory, follows safe food-handling guidelines, and supervises and directs night-crew operations and third-party vendors. The employee is expected to demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position oversees receiving and inventory activities, including checking incoming products, maintaining inventory accuracy, managing Direct Store Delivery (DSD) operations, and keeping receiving and backroom areas organized and secure. It also supports associates through communication, training, teamwork, and, where assigned, supervisory responsibilities such as performance reviews, discipline, time-card review, and enforcement of company policies.

Requirements

Ability to read, retain, and comprehend technical manuals.
Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Writing skills sufficient to complete forms for budgets, inventories, orders, and reports.
Customer-service skills.
Ability to read and write.
Good communication, organizational, and associate-relations skills.
Ability to perform keyboard entries and use a 10-key keypad.
Management and leadership skills.
Grocery department experience.
Receiving experience.
Ordering experience.

Nice To Haves

High school graduation or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide customer service and supervise and complete transactions with third-party vendors.
Monitor store conditions and follow through to maintain standards.
Monitor and control inventory, including maintaining ordering-system integrity and balance-on-hand accuracy.
Check received products for condition, quantity, pricing, and temperature.
Process damaged or returned goods and complete related paperwork.
Assist with markdowns and maintain markdown locations using the 5S process.
Manage inventory for delivered products and the DSD advertising plan, inventory, and sales-floor ad space.
Scan DSD out-of-stocks and communicate with vendors.
Maintain 5S standards in receiving and backroom areas.
Ensure vendors follow company policies and procedures, including dress code.
Assist with routine price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs.
Assist with planning, organizing, and supervising inventory activities, including quarterly department inventory.
Report product ordering or shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
Stay current with current, future, seasonal, and special advertisements.
Follow food-safety regulations and guidelines, support the perishable donation program, and maintain required case and cooler temperatures and temperature logs.
Ensure shipping and receiving tools function properly and support product transitions and inventory logging.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance and report repair needs, such as for a power mule or hand jack.
Maintain security in the receiving area and backroom.
Develop and train a backup DSD Receiver.
Communicate company, department, and job-specific information to associates and vendors.
Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork toward company and store goals.
Train and develop associates and participate in performance appraisals.
Assist in other departments when needed and attend required classes and meetings.
Unload groceries, operate a checkout terminal, and complete customer monetary transactions as needed.
Bag groceries and load them into shopping carts as needed.
When assigned supervisory duties, evaluate and review associate performance; investigate and administer progressive discipline; train new and promoted associates; communicate with management and store personnel; enforce company policies, procedures, and applicable union contracts; review department statements, time cards, and bulletins; monitor shrink and expenses; complete required forms; respond to emergencies; and maintain store security while in charge.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.