3rd Key Part Time

Job Title:             3^rd Key

Department:       Grocery    

Reports to:          Store Manager

Exempt Status:   Non-exempt

Safety Sensitive:

 JOB FUNCTION: Manage the store in the absence of the Store Manager and Assistant Manager. A non-exempt position that assists in the day-to-day running of the store

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Customer Service – Meet customer needs with a smiling face and remember that the customer always comes first. Always make our customers know that they are important and special to us. Handle all customer questions and concerns
• Financial and Operational Responsibilities:
• This position is a backup to the Store Manager. He/she must know all items on the manager’s duty list. He/she, along with the Assistant Manager, assumes the manager’s role when the manager is out of the store.
• Complete a store tour at the end of the day. Note the condition of the store and communicate conditions to department heads, stockers, and store manager prior to opening the following day.
• Provide backup for cashiers as needed.
• Grocery orders – make out, punch in, and transmit
• Check all invoices for shortages and proper billing.
• Check all vendors into the store at back receiving door.
• Ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure that all resets and new items are worked into the sales floor.
• Make sure front and back of the store is kept clean and running in proper order about state codes and regulations.
• Leave notes for the opening manager concerning events that happened the night before and what may need to be followed up on.
• Employee Responsibilities: (Coordinate all duties with the Store Manager.)
• To ensure that store opening and closing accounting procedures are followed.
• Be fair and consistent with all employees.
• Teaching – Continually teach team members how to best do their jobs.
• Update attendance calendars.
• Employee complaints – Listen to employees; give unhappy workers an opportunity to be heard. Keep accurate records of these situations. Report to store manager.
• Inform Store Manager, HR, or Operation Supervisor immediately of urgent matters: discrimination, harassment, insubordination, suspected drug usage/under the influence, safety concerns, policy violations, accidents/injuries. Urgent matters are not limited to these examples.
• This position does not have the authority to discipline, hire, or terminate employees.
• Keep all information, including but not limited to medical, performance, and personal information about employees confidential, unless speaking to the Store Manager, Operations Supervisor, or HR.

 REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Able to give/receive complex verbal instructions/descriptions to/from supervisors/co-workers/employees concerning store/department policy/procedures and use of equipment.
2. A stable work and educational history.
3. Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide). Able to count and verify customer change, checks, WIC, size/count, and coupons.
4. Able to bag customer purchases so that products will stack without damage (spatial relationship).
5. The ability to read and write English; able to perceive instructions, merchandise labels, warehouse order codes, numbers, reports, printed paper, and forms.
6. Make judgments concerning employee scheduling, order of product/supplies, hiring/supervision of employees, merchandising plans, operational policies and procedures and the sales/promotion of merchandise.
7. Good interpersonal communications.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Prior cashier experience.
3. Prior supervisory experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: N/A

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Basic mathematical ability (count, add, subtract, multiply, divide).

LANGUAGE SKILLS: N/A

REASONING ABILITY:

1. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in circumstances where only limited standardization may exist.
2. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in diagram, oral, schedule, or written forms.
3. Ability to demonstrate timely execution and compliance of floor set guides and promotions

OTHER SKILLS OR REQUIREMENTS:

1. Perceive color difference on product and product labels.
2. Perceive cleaning/maintenance equipment and bag stands.
3. Perceive merchandise, customers, scanner light, amount tender, cash, checks, WIC vouchers, coupons, shelf tags, and signs.
4. Perceive forms used in the operation of the front-end.
5. Respond to customer questions and responses.
6. Respond to intercom/phone.
7. Respond to co-workers’ questions and comments.
8. Respond to vendor/driver questions/comments.
9. Communicate with customers.
10. Communicate with vendors/drivers.
11. Use the intercom/phone system.
12. Communicate with co-workers and managers.
13. Communicate with prospective employees.
14. Read labels, signs, tags, ads, checks, WIC vouchers, numbers, and cash register keys.
15. Read case labels/case strips, signs, tags, shelf signs, numbers and aisle markers, department forms and employment forms.
16. Read equipment and chemical warning labels.
17. Read operational forms and reports.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that are required by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

1. Mobility:

• Move while conducting training and orientation of front-end personnel, approximately 25 yards.
• Work on tile or concrete for a maximum of 10 hours in duration.

1. The 3^rd Key will perform the same tasks of the job as the cashier while substituting as part of the work crew or as part of the training program for new employees. (See Cashier Job Description.)
2. Perceive bag stands, cases, case cutter edge, case strips, shelf location, product size/description/quality, customers, shelf tags, labels on products, stocking carts, debris on floor, aisle markers, and signs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

 The work environment conditions described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Inside work with extreme variations in temperature, dust, humidity from entrance/door.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER NOTICE

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations, or the work environment change.