Grocery Clerk - New Store Costa Mesa #44 Full-Time

JOB SUMMARY: As a Grocery Clerk you will maintain stocking and rotation of merchandise in the designated areas and to perform other functions as required. You will also assist with receiving duties in an efficient manner within company policy, and to ensure the position contributes to the total best interests of the store.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist in receiving and unloading of merchandise; check and verify receiving to ensure that items listed on vendor invoices are all delivered; check products for quality, count, and condition.
• Open cartons and price items accurately; keep grocery manager informed of pricing problem areas or discrepancies; ensure that all items are in proper place and proper price label/tag is under the item.
• Handle damaged and spoiled products and assist in controlling the level of damaged goods.
• Keep refrigerated coolers, store shelves and other displays fully always stocked and faced according to tag allocation or department standards; assist in building store displays for maximum sales and turnover; display merchandise in a neat and colorful manner.
• Keep perishable merchandise rotated in accordance with store policy and product code dates and pull all out-of-code merchandise.
• Maintain general housekeeping and sanitation standards in compliance with store policy and state and local health regulations on a regular, ongoing basis.
• Use and maintain equipment in good working order including all safeguards and safety devices or mechanisms; immediately advise department manager of any maintenance or equipment problems.
• Assist in training personnel when assigned.
• Greet all customers and provide them with prompt and courteous service or assistance.
• Be knowledgeable of the department's products and items to assist customers with purchases or inquiries.
• Observe security standards by staying alert and being aware of customer actions and behavior; report to manager or security any abnormal behavior.
• Notify store manager of personnel situations or policy violations affecting store operating performance or of situations requiring disciplinary action or that may potentially require such action.
• Assist customers in retrieving items from inaccessible areas or in obtaining products that are either located in warehouses or that they may have difficulty in handling.
• Respond promptly to emergencies and potential safety hazards such as spills/ broken glass or plastic containers that contain liquid products; never leave the scene until help arrives.
• Adhere to all safety policies and guidelines including but not limited to cutting safely and maintaining floors secured from any debris.
• Perform any other work-related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS:
Minimum Requirements

• High communication skills
• Awareness of safety in the workplace.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience using forklift/ electrical pallet jack
• Work related experience
• High School diploma, GED or equivalent.

Physical Demands and Conditions
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; and use the hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools or controls;
• The employee must frequently walk, talk or hear, and reach with the hands and arms; occasionally, the employee must crouch or kneel;
• The employee must occasionally exert or lift up to 55 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight;
• Successful performance requires specific vision abilities that include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The job requires the ability to travel.
• The work environment is that typical of an office and retail store. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER NOTICE
The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business or the work environment change.
Northgate Markets is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Your Right to Work - In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Northgate Markets will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Ban the Box Law).