Center Store​/Grocery Clerk (Seattle

Job Details Level: Entry

Job Location:

Seattle Store - Seattle, WA 98122

Position Type:
Part Time Education Level: High School Diploma or GEDSalary Range: $21.48 - $26.11 Hourly Travel Percentage:
None Job Shift: Any Center Store/Grocery Clerk (Seattle)

Want to be an integral part of a progressive, dynamic workplace devoted to supporting small vendors, local farmers, and transformative community impact? Central Co-op Seattle, a natural foods cooperative with over 14,000 members, is hiring a Center Store/Grocery Clerk! This job is a great fit for someone who thrives on teamwork, creativity, and working with people in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Central Co-op offers competitive wages, 100% employer-paid-premium health/dental/vision insurance for employees working 28+ hours/week, a 4% employer-matching 401k, a grocery discount, and generous vacation time. Plus, what’s better than getting to know you’re making a positive difference in the world?

This position is for a five-day a week closing clerk, working shifts from approximately 2-10:30pm.

Central Co-op is proud of its commitment to quality foods and supporting small local vendors and is seeking a clerk to help ensure that our Center Store/Grocery department looks and feels great! The Center Store Clerk is responsible for providing outstanding customer service and keeping our shelves and cases stocked, clean, and enticing.

• Stocking, rotating, and facing grocery items on the sales floor, in coolers and freezers, and in backstock; maintaining cleanliness of both sales and stock areas
• Receiving product from distributors and vendors, and ensuring the accuracy of deliveries and invoices
• Answering questions and engaging with customers about product availability and selection, and taking special orders as necessary

• Occasionally ordering and verifying product orders, cataloguing and coding invoices
• Assisting in other store departments as necessary
• Upholding the values of Central Co-op in daily work

• Ability to take direction from management and work independently to meet expectations.
• Desire to provide an excellent, friendly customer experience, and effectively listen to and communicate with customers and co-workers
• Ability to prioritize and maintain focus in a fast-paced environment
• Ideally, previous retail, grocery, dairy/freeze, natural foods, and/or customer service experience

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Frequently requires: standing; walking; kneeling; squatting; bending; reaching; working in cool, cold, or wet environments; use of box cutters; and fine hand manipulation.
• Using hand trucks, carts, and step-stools to stock product.