Description

Job Summary

Performs accurate and efficient register transactions and assists with receiving, stocking, and display of grocery products, maintains department cleanliness, and provides customer service.

About Wild Onion Market

Wild Onion Market is a natural foods grocery store with its location in the Rogers Park section of Chicago. The Co-op strives to support and enhance the Chicago community by stocking ethically sourced natural foods, locally produced foods and goods, and through positive cooperative action in-store and in the community. 

Essential Job Duties

•  Accept payment and accurately make change for transactions utilizing the POS system
•  Enter correct prices, departments, and PLUs for products
•  Balance cash draw at end of shift and meet over/short goal
•  Invite/recruit non-member customers to become members of the Co-op
•  Follow state laws and Co-op policies regarding the sale of alcohol
•  Assist customers with product questions in a friendly, courteous manner and answers/directs calls as necessary
•  Stock product on the shelves in dry grocery, produce, dairy, deli, meat and frozen departments
•  Facing and organizing shelves, end caps, and sale displays
•  Keep departmental shelves and display areas stocked, neat, clean, and product(s) rotated
•  Relays information to diverse groups

Additional Duties

•  Assists in special projects, assists in other departments as needed, and performs other duties as assigned

Essential Skills

•  Good customer service skills for both internal and external customers
•  Strong attention to detail
•  Excellent interpersonal skills
•  Ability to take direction and work independently
•  Ability to multi-task and good organizational skills

Requirements

Essential Mental & Physical Requirements

•  Basic math skills and ability to count change
•  Works with guidance from Department Manager
•  Performs a variety of tasks as dictated by department demands
•  Standing for long periods, bending, walking, reaching, and sitting
•  Ability to climb up and down stepladders and stairs daily
•  Able to lift and carry up 50 lbs. as needed throughout the day

Experience and Educational Requirements

•  There are no educational requirements, though grocery or natural foods experience is a plus. 

Other Qualifications

• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state & local standards - including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards 
• Ability to maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA & other federal, state and local standards 
• Compliance with all personnel policies

Important Disclaimer Notice

The job duties, elements and responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that the employee may be required to perform. The Co-op does reserve the right to revise this job description at any time and require employees to perform other job duties as assigned.