FRONT END/RECEIVING LEAD CLERK

Receive and verify grocery vendor deliveries efficiently/accurately. Perform other functions in Produce, Point-of-Sale and Receiving that contribute to the store's financial best interests. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.<strong>Minimum</strong><br /> <ul><li>Effective interpersonal, communication and customer service skills</li> <li>Ability to work in a fast paced environment; team player</li> <li>Sound judgement/decision making skills</li> <li>Ability to read/interpret documents; basic math skills</li> </ul> <br /><strong>Desired</strong><br /> <ul><li>High school education/GED</li> </ul><ul><li>Demonstrate teamwork to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant working and shopping environment.</li> <li>Provide friendly and efficient customer service by demonstrating sincerity, patience and respect in all customer interactions and by thanking customers for their business.</li> <li>Greet customers in a genuine/friendly manner throughout the store; assist/escort them to products, perform price checks, load/unload heavy items and help them to retrieve out of reach items.</li> <li>Effectively communicate with customers and respond to questions and requests in a timely manner.</li> <li>Operate equipment (e.g., pallet jack, box cutter, forklift, mop, broom) according to company guidelines.</li> <li>Assume responsibility for receiving area security and operating hours; control vendor traffic through Receiving.</li> <li>Monitor and report abnormal vendor actions and unauthorized customers/sales representatives in Receiving.</li> <li>Receive merchandise and verify deliveries for quality, count and condition against invoices.</li> <li>Log irregularities/discrepancies/shortages/damaged shipments and process credits; document vendor resolutions, post invoices and properly store documents.</li> <li>Communicate problems that may affect the integrity of the store or vendor.</li> <li>Deliver product to applicable storage/work load areas; properly handle all products to reduce waste and manage damaged/spoiled product per policy; rotate perishable merchandise; remove out-of-code merchandise from active storage areas for appropriate credit/return-to-vendor or for disposal.</li> <li>Maintain general housekeeping/sanitation standards; keep all areas clean/clear and swept/mopped.</li> <li>Assist in responding to emergencies/potential safety hazards.</li> <li>Check and maintain equipment for proper performance; advise the store director of problems.</li> <li>Be knowledgeable of the nature/duties of every department position.</li> <li>Assist in responding to emergencies/potential safety hazards.</li> <li>Notify store director of situations adversely affecting operating performance or requiring disciplinary action.</li> <li>Comply with and reinforce all food safety, sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management; adhere to all local, state and federal laws and company guidelines/policies.</li> <li>Physical demands include, but are not limited to, regularly sitting, standing, using hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; frequently walk, talk/hear, reach with hands/arms, use close vision and adjust focus, visual acuity, exposure to plants, moderate amounts of dust/chemical fumes and varying temperatures; occasionally climb ladders, crouch, kneel, and lift objects up to 100 lbs.</li> <li>Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.</li> </ul> <img src="https://ars2.equest.com/? response_id=80a8817ea020e2ae6967799c7bd5c598&view" alt=" " width="1" height="1"/>