Responsibilities:
Job Summary: As an Inventory Flow Specialist, you'll ensure all Produce, Market, Deli, Dairy, and GM products are well maintained and stocked each morning. You'll perform all responsibilities and job duties with a sense of ownership and team approach.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
• Stocking:
Loads, unloads, and moves heavy, bulky products to support in-stock conditions
Stocks and rotates items and all merchandising areas as needed throughout the Store
Builds, stocks, maintains, and takes down Store displays as directed
Checks shipments for out-of-date and damaged product to ensure freshness and quality
Reports all out of date and damaged product received issues to the Inventory Flow Manager
Reports missing signs and tags
• Sanitation:
Organizes, cleans, and prepares prep areas, wareroom, and sales floor for incoming trucks
Eliminates cardboard and trash on shelves and merchandising fixtures
Cleans shelves and all merchandising fixtures; keeps sales floor area clean and safe
Adheres to all SOPs for safety and sanitation
Minimizes shrink through careful handling of product
Complies with all federal, state and Company regulations and standards for product freshness, food safety, and sanitation
• Customer Service:
Provides a well-stocked and merchandised store, ready for customer shopping
Provides customer service by answering product-related questions and assisting Customers in a friendly manner
Performs cross-functional duties in other areas (e.g., processing returns, performing Scanner duties) as needed
The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications & Key Requirements:
Work Experience:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Knowledge of product rotation, department / Store sanitation, shrink awareness - Required
Strong communication skills - Required
Strong customer service skills - Required
Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between tasks - Required
Ability to work in a fast-paced, high volume environment - Required
Ability to use material handling equipment and maintain license - Required
Ability to work in a team environment - Required
Initiative; dependability; attention to detail - Required
Education:
Licenses/Certifications:
Completion of required job skills and compliance-related training - Required
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Function in a fast-paced, retail environment, in detailed and precise tasks
Work a flexible schedule (mandatory)
Work with Customers, staying attentive to their needs
Constantly reach at waist, grasp
Frequently stand, walk
Occasionally reach overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, pivot, shoulder circumduction, twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, and use fine motor movements
Occasionally be exposed to cold, wet (non-weather) conditions, ambient temperature, and loud noise
Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
Demonstrate the ability to lift 55 lbs, and manage in excess of 85 lbs
While there may be exceptions, the measurements noted are generally defined as -- Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day
It is the responsibility of each individual Partner to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.