GROCERY​/LEAD CLERK

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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 for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Fred Meyer merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. Today, we proudly serve Fred Meyer customers in over 120 stores throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. We work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all.

• 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.
• Monitor all established quality assurance standards.
• Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
• Promote trust and respect among associates with a positive attitude.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Maintain knowledge of products sold within the department; respond to questions and make suggestions.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Inform customers of grocery specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products they have ordered.
• Recommend grocery items to customers to ensure they get the product they want and need.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness.
• Review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
• Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers and maintain temperature logs.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, and notifying store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risks or issues, including robbery, theft or fraud.
• Must be able to perform essential functions, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Be 18 or older.
• Retail experience (desired).
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing) (desired).

• Must be 18 or older.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, subtraction).

• Retail experience.
• Second language (speaking, reading and/or writing).
• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Knowledge of products of the department and ability to respond to questions.
• Skillful in providing product samples.
• Knowledge of grocery specials, orders, and inventory management.
• Experience with food safety regulations and temperature control.
• Ability to comply with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions.
• Experience with preventive maintenance and equipment inspection.
• Accident reporting experience.

• Wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

For more information about benefits and eligibility, please visit our Benefits Page.

Entry level

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Human Resources Services