What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full-Time Associate position at Blackford Foods DBA Save A Lot?
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:
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
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.
