Stocker

Houchens Food Group•Madisonville, KY

10d

About The Position

The Stocker receives, stores, and issues sales floor merchandise; stocks and maintains shelves, coolers, displays, racks, cases, bins, and tables; and arranges merchandise displays to attract customers. The role may periodically include taking a physical count of stock. The Stocker provides friendly, courteous, and prompt customer service, answers questions about merchandise, and assists customers with merchandise selection. The position observes assigned shift hours, accurately records and verifies time worked, compares invoices with received merchandise, maintains clean displays and aisles, and discusses stock-related problems with store management. Additional tasks may be assigned by the store manager or assistant manager. The role requires access to a phone at all times, basic math skills, and the ability to enter and work in a cooler at temperatures from 34 to 20 degrees for periods of time. The employee must be able to read, write, speak, hear, and understand English. The position has substantial physical demands, including frequent or constant standing, walking, handling, reaching, lifting, and pushing or pulling, as well as frequent climbing, crawling, squatting or kneeling, and bending. Applicants are subject to pre-employment background and drug screening.

Requirements

No prior experience is necessary.
Ability to accept responsibility and account for one's actions.
Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
Ability to address customer needs while following company procedures.
Ability to pay attention to detail.
Ability to focus on goals and achieve predetermined results.
Honesty and integrity in the workplace.
Ability to stay organized or follow a systematic method of performing tasks.
Reliability and dependability.
Ability to be held accountable for one's conduct.
Ability to help a group work toward a goal.
Ability to organize and complete work within deadlines.
Must have access to a phone at all times.
Must be able to perform basic math calculations.
Must be able to enter and work in a cooler at temperatures from 34 to 20 degrees for periods of time.
Must be able to read, write, speak, hear, and understand English.
Must meet the physical demands described in the posting, including lifting, carrying, standing, walking, reaching, climbing, crawling, squatting or kneeling, bending, and pushing or pulling.
Subject to pre-employment background and drug screening.

Responsibilities

Answer customers’ questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
Observe scheduled shift hours as assigned by the store manager and/or assistant manager.
Provide all customers with friendly, courteous, and prompt service.
Stock shelves, coolers, displays, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise; keep them full and fronted.
Receive, open, unpack, and issue sales floor merchandise.
Clean and maintain display cases, shelves, equipment, and aisles.
Compare merchandise invoices with items received to ensure shipments are correct.
Record all shift hours worked and verify and sign the time sheet.
Discuss stock-related problems with the store manager and/or assistant manager.
Perform specific tasks assigned by the store manager and/or assistant manager.
Periodically take a physical count of stock, as needed.