Clerk

Description

Job Summary: To provide excellent service with a pleasant attitude, using interpersonal skills and applying personal knowledge of products. To accurately weigh, scan and bag purchased items and receive customer payments.

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Greet      customers in a friendly manner, and provide assistance to them as needed
• Maintain      clean and orderly checkout areas, including candy and “last chance” items
• Count      cash drawer at beginning of shift to ensure amounts are correct and that      there is adequate change; balance cash drawer at end of shift
• Weigh      produce, scan and bag all items accurately and in a timely fashion
• Receive      customer payments accurately, including cash, check, credit, debit and EBT      transactions, and WIC coupons; provide accurate change when appropriate
• Stock      shelves so that items and prices are displayed properly and to      Save-a-Lot’s standards; maintain adequate product at all times
• Stock      merchandise as needed, including, groceries, produce, dairy, and bakery      items.
• Unload      merchandise coming off of vendor trucks.
• Stock      entire store as needed
• Maintain      overall store appearance by cleaning floors, straightening items on      shelves, pulling cardboard boxes, etc. 
• Ensure      customer safety by keeping aisles clear, cleaning up spills, etc.
• Assist      with training new clerks 
• Sign      for deliveries by UPS, FedEx or other courier system
• Perform      other duties and tasks as required by management

Requirements

Required Skills, Education and Experience:

• High      school diploma or equivalent preferred 
• Previous      retail experience preferred 
• Ability      to use interpersonal skills and communicate with customers, management,      vendors and co-workers in a pleasant and effective manner, including      active listening and using proper grammar
• Must      be proficient in basic math skills 
• Must      be able to safely and properly use baler, cash register, box cutter or      other cutting tools, wrapper, floor scrubber and other cleaning tools

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions:

Employee must regularly:

• Lift      up to 50 lbs to a height of 5’
• Carry      up to 50 lbs a distance of 35’ on a concrete or tile floor
• Walk      on a concrete or tile floor several times daily
• Stand      at register for up to five (5) hours at a time
• Bend      and twist when stocking shelves, picking up items from the bottom of carts      or moving items
• Push      and pull when retrieving carts from the parking lot and when emptying      cartons and stocking shelves
• Speak      and hear when communicating with customers, co-workers and supervisors
• See to      scan products that are purchased and to stock items on shelves or in      produce department 

While performing this job, employee is exposed to inside temperatures with concrete or tile flooring and moderate noise levels. There are occasional trips outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Commercial strength cleansers are used for periodic cleaning duties.