PURPOSE OF POSITION:
- The Primary Frozen Food Clerk is responsible for stocking and replenishing the Frozen
Foods cases and other miscellaneous areas. This includes the use of wheeled carts and/or
pallet jacks to transport product from the backroom and cooler/freezer areas to the sales
floor. He/she is responsible for following the customer satisfaction behaviors, to include
being friendly, responsive, knowledgeable and passionate. He/she is responsible for
rotation of product when necessary. Primary Frozen Food clerks also unload trailer
deliveries. He/she must maintain the Frozen Food area in a clean/sanitary and visually
appealing manner. There may be some customer contact in this position; therefore the
clerk must have good customer service skills.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
- This position reports to: Grocery Manager, Assistant Grocery Manager
- Position(s) that report directly to this position: Full time clerks may supervise, train, and
develop part time clerks when assigned.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Work in a courteous manner in a fast paced multi functional environment alone or with
other people overnight.
- Assist in increasing sales by utilizing the five steps of retail selling- Connect with the
customer; qualify the customer; present solutions; closing the sales and create a customer
for life.
- Reading and completing an assignment sheet upon which the amount of product stocked
each shift is recorded by the clerk. Other duties performed must be recorded as well.
- Load and unload product weighing up to 60 lbs. from pallets stacked to a height of 6 feet.
- Pull pallets weighing several hundred pounds from trailers into backroom areas and/or
onto sales floor.
- Lift and load 5-60 lb cases onto stock carts and push or pull large carts to stocking area.
- Open boxes and other containers with the use of a box cutter when appropriate.
- Manually remove product from cartons and replenish Frozen food shelves and/or
refrigerated cases with product on a continuous basis. The continuous stocking of
shelves requires significant repetitive motion as well as reaching above the shoulders for
upper shelves and bending and/or stooping to reach lower shelves.
- Must work quickly and carefully while stocking items at a reasonable expectancy (R/E).
- Visually identify product and read display signs including shelf tags.
- Break down boxes (flatten) and transport to storage area.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Revised November 2009
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (CONT’D):
- Read display information and other documents (bulletins, etc.) when necessary.
- Work in a moderate / cold / very cold environment.
- Visually identify and remove poor quality/outdated product from shelves.
- Interact and communicate with others in a courteous and professional manner including
greeting and thanking customers.
- Deal with some potentially difficult situations (such as dissatisfied customers).
ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Place broken down cardboard into cardboard baler.
- Making bales of cardboard which involves the wrapping and twisting of heavy gauge
wires to hold the bale together.
- Ordering/adjusting product with the use of hand held computerized devices.
- Writing amount of backroom stock and affix to shelf when required.
- Lift and load product weighing up to 70 lbs.
- Sweep, clean up, and mop areas as assigned by supervisor.
- Clean display cases, shelving and fill supplies when needed.
- Taking verbal orders over the telephone and writing down pertinent information.
- Other duties as assigned.
ASSIGNMENT, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL OF WORK:
- The Grocery Manager or Asst. Grocery Manager generally assigns the work.
- Primary Frozen Food clerk should review and get approval from his/her supervisor prior
to performing any work that was not previously assigned.
- The Grocery Manager generally prepares work schedules on a weekly basis.
- Time off requests should be made directly to the Grocery Manager within the appropriate
time constraints as dictated by the individual manager’s preference.
RESPONSIBILITY AND DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY:
- Frozen Food clerk is responsible to respond to customer requests and provide good
customer service. This may include ordering of sale & holiday items.
- Frozen Food clerks should have a good knowledge of product location within the grocery
department.
- Frozen Food clerks are not to leave their assignment without notifying the supervisor on
duty.
- Frozen Food clerks are responsible for knowing and understanding all Grocery specific
policies and procedures.
- Responsible for performing their work in a safe and ergonomically correct manner.
- Any unsafe working conditions must be reported to the supervisor on duty immediately.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Revised November 2009
RELATIONS WITH OTHERS:
- Must be able to relate to the following in a courteous and professional manner:
o Customers
o Supervisors
o Co-workers
o Store Management
o Vendors
o Other people with whom they have contact while on duty
KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Good customer service skills.
- On the job training is provided.
KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND DESIRED:
- Prior stocking experience.
- Ability to work quickly and accurately.
- High school graduate or currently enrolled in school.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Stores are usually open 7 days a week.
- Part time associates usually work between 8 and 36 hours a week.
- Full time associates usually work 40 hours a week.
- Frozen Food clerk requires the performance of repetitive tasks.
- Frozen Food clerk requires significant lifting and carrying of product.
- Retail store conditions are generally dry with moderate temperature.
- Grocery back room conditions are generally moderate.
- Cooler conditions may be wet or dry, and usually cold.
- Freezer conditions are usually very cold.
- Primary Frozen Food clerks usually scheduled between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.
GENERAL:
- This is generally a full time position.
- This is considered a higher-level grocery position.
- Food safety awareness is required in this position.
MISCELLANEOUS:
- It is important to understand that all Frozen Food clerks must have the ability to deal with
some potentially difficult situations (such as dissatisfied customers) to perform this
position in a satisfactory manner.
Read Full Description