What are the responsibilities and job description for the Stocker II - Starting wage $18.45/hour position at East End Food Cooperative Inc.?
Description
Purpose
To provide exceptional customer service by accurately ordering to replenish products. Help to maintain a well-stocked, clean, organized, successful department.
Responsibilities
I. General
- Follow the Core Values as defined by EEFC's Core Value statement.
- Provide exemplary customer service to both customers and staff.
- Accurately communicate what the Co-op is and the process for becoming a member.
- Familiarity with store layout, products, and services.
- Familiarity and understanding of emergency procedures.
- Stay up to date with current storewide and departmental communications, policies, notices, and logs.
- Abide by Co-op policies as delineated in the Employee Handbook.
- Willingness and ability to learn to meet the changing needs and requirements of the job.
II. Departmental - Ordering
- Place departmental orders by appropriate deadlines.
- Optimize stock levels by minimizing out-of-stocks while maintaining strong inventory turns.
- Ensure appropriate supply of promotional and seasonal items.
- Work with supervisor to continually improve ordering skills and troubleshooting techniques.
- Work with department Coordinator to order new items, seasonal products, and discontinue outgoing products.
- Provide frequent feedback to Coordinator on customer requests, product issues and all other relevant department information.
- Obtain credit from vendors as assigned. Help manage occurrences of damages, shorts, expired products, inaccurate deliveries and returns.
- Review invoices for accuracy before submitting to finance department.
III. Departmental - Maintenance
- Help maintain attractive, fully-stocked, fronted and rotated department sections.
- Help maintain a clean department on a daily and long term basis. Stock products as assigned. Follow procedures for safe and accurate stocking.
- Help maintain neat, organized and rotated backstock at the appropriate level.
- Communicate with finance department about credit or invoice issues.
- Keep accurate records of shrink and calculate shrink extensions as assigned.
- Participate in quarterly inventory counts and calculate inventory extensions as assigned.
- Perform back-up receiving duties as assigned by Stockroom Supervisor and/or in absence of Stockroom Supervisor.
- Provide feedback in setting yearly sales, margin, and inventory turns goals.
- Perform other tasks assigned.
Requirements
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- 1 year of stocking experience.
- General mobility requirements include the ability to: stand or sit for several hours at a time; lift up to 50 lbs. alone on a regular basis and 75 lbs. with assistance using safe lifting techniques; twist, turn, squat, and bend; do repetitive motions; visually read fine print; visually read a computer screen for long periods of time; climb a ladder.
- The ability to handle and touch all different kinds of food.
- The ability to work in a fast paced environment which may include exposure to wet, humid, cold, or outdoor weather conditions.
- Moderate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and internet research skills.
- Able to produce quality work within the established deadlines.
- Retail or other experience serving the public.
- Having experience and thorough knowledge of natural foods.
- Familiarity with organic and non-GMO products.
- Must enjoy interacting with and serving the public.
- Must have a friendly and outgoing personality and a positive attitude.
- Ability to handle multiple demands and stay calm.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Organized and methodical in action.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent trouble shooting skills. Logical problem solving skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- The ability to be reliable for regular scheduled shift work.
- The ability to work a flexible schedule.
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to keep accurate, up to date records.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- 1 year of retail ordering experience.
- Previous receiving experience.
- Experience with digital receiving methods.
- Experience with food cooperatives.
Salary : $18