Grocery - Clerk Sales/Service SW

Job summary

Receive, process, stock, and merchandise grocery products while maintaining displays, inventory, pricing labels, and clean, organized sales and stock areas. Provide attentive customer service and perform cashiering, payment handling, bagging, and other store duties as needed.

Job details

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community. What began as a meat delivery business in Stellarton, Nova Scotia has grown to over 128,000 teammates at corporate-owned and franchised store locations. Sobeys Capital Incorporated and its independently owned and operated franchise partners operate over 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces. You may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drugs, Voilà, or another of our banners, but we are all one extended family. Ready to make impact? The grocery clerk is required to deliver exceptional customer service at all times, ensuring that their workspace is attractive and in good condition at all times. Here's Where You Will Be Focusing Receive, process, select and merchandise Dry, Refrigerated and Frozen Goods onto regular shelves and end cap displays and fixtures. Build and maintain end cap displays, perimeter displays, seasonal displays, set shelving in accordance with Department Presentation Standards. Perform Ordering, cycle counting, temperature checking, and inventory control functions as required. Maintain the rotation, cleanliness, and organization of the stockroom, walk-in freezers and coolers, fixtures, equipment, and the general sales floor. Maintain Electronic and paper-based shelf labels, ensuring accurate pricing, promotions, and country-of-origin are displayed as required. Maintain the flow of the stockroom, ensure returns, salvage, cardboard bales, empty totes and pallets are packed into warehouse-bound trailer daily. Minor repairs, hanging signs, washing and cleaning of floors, shelves, windows, cleaning the parking lot, retrieving carts and baskets. Garbage and cardboard, look after refuse, bailing cardboard. Check-stand/cashiering duties as required. When cashiering: Enter and/or scan the item(s) selected by the customer. When cashiering: Ensure entered/scanned prices are accurate, and cancel transactions according to established standards. When cashiering: Handle cash and other payment methods (debit cards, cheques, etc.) and make deposits according to established policies. When cashiering: Bag items according to established standards. Meet productivity standards (sales/hour, entries/minute). Provide exceptional and attentive customer service. Keep work areas and uniform clean and well-maintained. Use equipment and supplies in a safe and efficient manner. Comply with established food safety and hygiene standards. Perform any other related duties. Qualifications Knowledge of the cash register system is a major asset. (Not required) You are customer service-oriented. You foster communication and team spirit. You are available to work various shifts during business hours. You stand out for your interpersonal skills, energy and ability to work under pressure. Effort And Working Conditions Flexible work hours and ability to work overtime Short-term exposure to chemicals and cleaning products Ability to stand for extended periods of time Ability to lift up to 20 kg Learn More About Our Story And Culture Who We Are | Why Work With Us Total Rewards We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation. Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided. Additional Information External websites may share our organization's job postings which includes compensation information based on similar roles and market benchmarks. These figures are provided for general comparison purposes only and are not issued or verified by our organization. We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company. Hiring decisions are made by our Hiring Teams. Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.

What you’ll do

Receive, process, stock, and merchandise grocery products while maintaining displays, inventory, pricing labels, and clean, organized sales and stock areas. Provide attentive customer service and perform cashiering, payment handling, bagging, and other store duties as needed.

Requirements

Applicants should be customer-service-oriented, communicate and work well with a team, and be available for varied shifts; cash register experience is an asset but is not required. The role requires standing for extended periods, lifting up to 20 kg, and working flexibly, including overtime, while following food safety and hygiene standards.

Benefits

• Health And Dental Benefits • Retirement And Savings Programs • Employee Share Ownership Plan • In-Store Discount • Virtual Healthcare • Employee And Family Assistance Program • Learning And Development Opportunities • Parental Leave Top-Up • Paid Vacation

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred
• Inventory Control · Preferred
• interpersonal skills · Preferred
• Food safety · Preferred
• Cash handling · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Physical stamina · Preferred
• working under pressure. · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Customer Service
• Merchandising
• Inventory Control
• Stock Rotation
• Cashiering
• Cash Handling
• Food Safety
• Cleaning And Sanitation
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Time Management
• Working Under Pressure
• Safe Equipment Use
• Physical Stamina

Job areas

• Retail
• Customer Service & Support
• Logistics
• Food & Beverage