Kroger Corporate Logistics

(Public)

2,500 - 5,000 employees |

Approx. 79 active jobs | Company Website

Overview

Kroger is one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains with revenue of $82.2 billion. The Company's more than 328,000 associates serve customers in 2,460 supermarkets, 1,104 of which have fuel centers, and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, Fry's, King Soopers, Smith's, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger associates also serve customers in 784 convenience stores and in 361 fine jewelry stores. The Company also operates 41 food processing plants in the U.S.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger focuses its charitable efforts on supporting hunger relief, health and wellness initiatives, and local schools and grassroots organizations in the communities it serves.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries and an attractive bonus program upon qualification, The Kroger Co. offers some or all of the following benefits depending on position, location and/or regions: • Medical Plan • Prescription Drug Plan • Dental Plan • Vision Plan • 401(K) Retirement Savings Account Plan, with company match • Company-Paid Life Insurance • Voluntary Life Insurance • Personal Accident Insurance • Dependent Group Life Insurance • Company-Paid Salary Continuation • Long-Term Disability Insurance • Long Term Care Insurance • Health & Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Group Legal • Group Homeowners and Auto Insurance • Stock Purchase Plan • Employee Assistance Plan • Paid Vacation Program • Merit Increases • Incentives Program • Relocation • Credit Union Membership • Company-Paid Continuing Education Program • Professional Liability Coverage

Career Opportunities

In 2007, the Company donated $150 million to help hunger relief efforts across the country, raise awareness of breast cancer, and support local schools and organizations in the communities it serves. By joining Kroger, you can put your spirit for volunteerism to work. Combining your efforts with those of Kroger and 290,000 other associates committed to helping others, we can continue to make a big difference in our communities, our country and in our world.

Among some of the honors Kroger has received are:

• Kroger was named to Fortune’s List of Most Admired Companies in 2008. To make the list, a company must have scored in the top half of its industry survey. Kroger ranked first in our industry in long-term investment, quality management and use of corporate assets.
• In 2007, Kroger was elected "Retailer of the Year" by America’s Second Harvest, the fifth time in seven years the Company has received the award.
• 2007 Inductee into The Billion Dollar Roundtable, a premier forum for corporations that have achieved $1 Billion in spending with minority and women-owned businesses.
• Kroger Manufacturing named one of the safest companies in America by Occupational Hazards, a leading safety, health and loss prevention magazine in 2007.
• Named one of America’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Business Ethics, a national publication that highlights corporate social responsibility.
• Ranked among the most generous companies by Business Week.

Here’s what else we are doing:
• Annual “Giving Hope a Hand” campaign raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education, screening and treatment in Kroger communities across the country. Kroger operating Divisions sponsor Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Race for the Cure events and American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events in most markets. Thousands of dedicated associates participate in these efforts as runners, walkers and volunteers.
• Kroger was one of the first major supermarket companies to adopt meaningful animal welfare guidelines.
• We uphold high standards of corporate governance as best practices continue to evolve.
• We value diversity and have programs and training in place to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all associates.
• We are doing our part to be responsible stewards of the environment with programs, products and purchasing initiatives that promote green efforts in our communities.

About Kroger Logistics

The Kroger Logistics mission is to provide superior customer service to our stores. Ours is the organization that gets the goods from our suppliers and manufacturers, to all of our warehouses and retail operations safely, fresh and on time! We continually seek to lower operating costs in the areas of transportation, distribution, and supply chain management. Accordingly, lean and Six Sigma processes guide our work in this and many other areas of our Company.

The Logistics organization has thirty Distribution Centers in 14 states from Virginia to California. In 2007, The Kroger Logistics fleet logged over 267,864,000 miles, made over 3 million deliveries to our stores with over 1.3 billion cases of product. It is a huge operation and we are looking for outstanding personnel with initiative and creative ideas to help us grow and make our customer service efforts better.

Kroger operations are spread out across the nation, and for that reason a new hire’s geographic mobility is necessary for career enhancing developmental moves. In addition, we always look for the best talent with the strongest job specific backgrounds who have strong work ethics, motivation, a strong commitment getting the job done and support of our “customer first” commitment. We also have a strong interest in people that have a demonstrated and active commitment not only to their work but also to their community and their families.

Contact

Neal J. Kinney
Kroger Corporate Logistics Recruiting
neal.kinney@kroger.com
Fax: 513-762-1183

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