Cashier/Stocker

Cashier/Essentials Steward – Full Time


Objective:


Under general supervision, provides excellent customer service while checking out customer purchases promptly and accurately, stocking items, organizing products, cleaning shelves, and ensuring all merchandise is presented neatly. Assist customers in finding items and answering questions about grocery products. Provides recommendations per customer's specifications. Follow food and safety guidelines. Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. * *MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 18 YEARS OLD

Essential Functions:


Greet customers, and offer friendly helpful service

Check out customer purchases promptly and accurately, using correct prices, and department PLU codes

Become familiar with store policies and products to help answer customer questions

Follow security procedures with customers regarding cash handling, etc.

Ability to read and explain labels, as well as differentiate the products we offer from their conventional counterparts

Ability to create and maintain visual merchandising of product

Receive product


Stock and rotate products


Have a basic understanding of PLU labeling system

Maintain shopper and register supplies at checkout stands and stations

Perform miscellaneous job-related duties/Other duties as assigned

Competencies:


Organization Skills

Attention to detail

Time Management

Product Knowledge


Safety and Sanitation Knowledge

Communication Proficiency

Physical Demands:


The employee must have the ability to: speak and hear, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach with their hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be able to stand for prolonged periods where wet and dry processes are used, wear protective footwear, and work in extreme temperatures. The employee must have the ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs.

Expected Hours of Work:


This is a full-time position; days, nights and weekends are required

Experience:


Minimum of one year cashiering experience - preferred

Previous grocery stock experience - preferred

Benefits:


Employee discount

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

  • When responding to this posting, please include your resume

About Ellwood Thompson's


Our stores provide all-natural and organic products in a friendly and helpful atmosphere, with aisles of traditional grocery complete with frozen, healthy home, vitamins & supplements, health & beauty, fresh produce, hormone and antibiotic free meats and bulk foods. Ada's Natural Market, Mother Earth's Storehouse, Green's Natural Foods, and Ellwood Thompson's Local Market also offer chef-prepared ready-to-go foods, a 100% organic juice & smoothie bar, a free-trade coffee bar with fresh-baked-daily baked goods, and so much more

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