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US Foods

Supplies food to restaurants, hospitals and hotels

Retail Sales Associate

Retail SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timeRoanoke, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 6–12 months of retail cashier and/or stocking experience is required.
  • A high school diploma or equivalent work experience is required.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to deliver customer service, adapt, and assist coworkers as needed.
  • Must provide customers with fast, easy, efficient, and professional service.
  • Must have sound judgment, logical thinking, and basic mathematical aptitude.
  • Must be motivated and self-directed, able to multitask, prioritize, and work independently or as part of a team.
  • Must be able to work a flexible hourly schedule, including holidays and weekends.
  • Must have basic computer skills, cash-handling experience, and proficiency using general office equipment.
  • Must be able to meet the stated physical activity requirements, including standing continuously, walking frequently, lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds occasionally, and performing the listed pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, bending, reaching, twisting, grasping, and object-manipulation tasks.
  • Must follow safety policies and practices and be able to work in a retail environment with exposure to outside weather, varying store temperatures, and occasional elevated surfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Provide customer service and help develop and maximize relationships with store customers while modeling the behaviors taught in CHEF’STORE Way training.
  • Perform sales and cash functions in the point-of-sale system, including scanning merchandise, weighing products, looking up unscannable items, checking barcode accuracy, and reporting discrepancies to the Front End Lead or Manager of Day.
  • Transfer products from cart to cart at checkout and visually inspect for product tampering.
  • Check receipts by verifying cart contents against purchases as customers leave the store.
  • Perform assigned front-end opening and closing functions.
  • Help customers find needed products and inform them about other store services while supporting sales and managing shrinkage.
  • Receive inventory shipments and maintain and stock shelves neatly, rotate products, audit product quality, and report low stock to store management.
  • Label merchandise, including tagging unscannable products, applying catch-weight labels to products sold by the pound, and affixing produce PLU tags.
  • Replenish the sales floor by down-stocking freight, bringing older products down first, stocking according to first-in, first-out procedures, and removing products as needed; use reach trucks and pallet jacks to move and stock products.
  • Use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and proprietary software as needed.
  • Keep products accessible, visually appealing, and available.
  • Assist with price changes as directed by the Pricing Lead and store management.
  • Assist with store opening and closing duties.
  • Participate in inventory and cycle-count processes as needed.
  • Maintain a safe facility, notify store management of safety issues, and correct issues when possible.
  • Clean the sales floor, front end, restrooms, parking lot, and store entry area using cleaning equipment as needed.
  • Gather carts from the parking lot and cart corrals, return them to the designated area, and ensure they are clean and operable.
  • Assist with special store events, sales-floor resets, vendor fairs, and inventory processes as assigned.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or required by store management.

Desired Qualifications

  • At least one year of retail selling and/or customer service experience is preferred.
  • Freight-handling experience is a plus.

About the Company

US Foods

Supplies food to restaurants, hospitals and hotels

US Foods distributes food, kitchen supplies and equipment to independent restaurants, restaurant chains, hospitals, hotels and schools across the United States, and it is one of the country's largest foodservice distributors. It buys from manufacturers and growers, stores products in regional warehouses and delivers them on its own trucks, earning a margin on each case it sells. Meat and seafood make up its largest product category, followed by dry groceries and refrigerated and frozen foods. Restaurant owners can order through its MOXē app, and the company sells its own exclusive brands next to national labels. Its roots go back to an 1853 grocery wholesaler, and it is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rosemont, IL
Founded
1853

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