Store​/Night Lead Clerk

Create an outstanding customer experience by providing exceptional service. Establish and maintain a clean, safe environment that encourages customers to return. Direct and supervise all functions, duties, and activities for the department. Support daily Grocery operations. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Smith’s Food and Drug merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. Today, we proudly serve Smith’s customers in over 140 stores throughout Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with the common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. We work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for customers, communities and each other, with food at the heart of it all.

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support associate well‑being, including physical, emotional, financial and more.

• Wide range of healthcare coverage: 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.
• Emotional and financial support: free counseling through Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
• Associate discounts on purchases including food, travel, technology and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career through our industry‑leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, abundant industry‑leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

• Effective communication skills
• Basic math knowledge (counting, addition, subtraction)
• Ability to handle stressful situations

• High school education or equivalent preferred
• Management experience preferred
• Grocery and retail experience
• Promote trust and respect among associates
• Communicate company, department, and job‑specific information to associates
• Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to meet company/store goals
• Establish performance goals for the department and empower associates to meet or exceed targets
• Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume throughout hours of operation
• Train and develop associates, participate in performance appraisal process
• Adhere to all local, state and federal laws and company guidelines
• Maintain knowledge of products sold within the department to answer questions and make suggestions
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products
• Inform customers of grocery specials
• Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results
• Create and execute sales promotions in partnership with store management
• Prepare and submit seasonal critiques for the sales and merchandising supervisor
• Implement the period promotional plan for the department
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
• Monitor and control expenses for the department
• Assist store management in preparing the store/department budget, profit and loss reviews, and take appropriate action on all financial reports
• Maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions; note any discrepancies
• Schedule daily, weekly and monthly price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs
• Plan, organize and supervise the inventory process
• Train department associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines
• Maintain proper temperatures in cases and coolers and keep temperature logs
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and 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 and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Whether you’re seeking a part‑time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Smith’s family!