Stocker – Aisle at Jetro Restaurant Depot in Blauvelt, NY

In the fast-moving wholesale food service supply sector, maintaining a reliable supply chain and keeping shelves properly stocked are essential for local restaurants and culinary businesses. As a Stocker
- Aisle at Jetro Restaurant Depot in Blauvelt, NY
, you will play a critical role on the sales and warehouse floor, ensuring commercial clients find the ingredients and supplies they need when they need them.

This full-time position places you at the heart of daily warehouse floor operations. Working under the guidance of floor supervisors and managers, you are responsible for maintaining organized aisles, restocking merchandise directly from pallets, and delivering helpful customer service to visiting restaurant operators and food service professionals.

• Merchandise Stocking & Facing: Unload boxes from pallets, restock individual items onto warehouse shelves, and front-face products for a tidy and accessible presentation.
• Inventory Rotation & Food Safety: Practice first-in, first-out (FIFO) rotation to ensure products do not expire on the sales floor. Assist in monitoring stock to reduce shrinkage, waste, and damage while following HACCP guidelines.
• Price Accuracy: Verify that shelf tags accurately reflect up-to-date pricing and current market figures.
• Safety & Sanitation: Maintain clean aisles through regular sweeping and scrubbing. Swiftly clean up spills, clear plastic wrap and debris, and monitor the floor for potential safety hazards.
• Stock Monitoring: Alert department supervisors promptly when merchandise is running low or out of stock.
• Customer Assistance: Greet members courteously and help them locate products quickly across various departments.

Success in this wholesale environment relies on practical abilities and physical stamina rather than extensive formal education:

• Basic proficiency in reading and arithmetic.
• Effective verbal communication skills for interacting with team members and customers.
• Commitment to workplace safety, including the mandatory use of steel-toe boots.
• Ability to frequently lift and carry loads up to 50 lbs, push or pull palletized goods weighing up to 500 lbs, and stand or walk for extended periods.
• Comfort working in dynamic warehouse conditions, including variable temperatures near receiving docks and inside refrigerated or freezer areas.

When applying for wholesale stocking and merchandising roles, highlighting industry-specific competencies can make your background stand out:

• Emphasize Product Care & Food Safety: Mention any prior familiarity with commercial stock rotation (FIFO) or standard health and safety protocols like HACCP.
• Showcase Stamina & Warehouse Awareness: Detail your comfort working around moving equipment like electric pallet jacks and forklifts in high-volume trade settings.
• Demonstrate Customer Service
  
  Skills:
  
  Wholesale cash-and-carry stores serve business owners daily; showing that you can balance manual labor with professional communication is a major advantage.