Cashier Jobs

Job Summary

Engages with customers, provides efficient checkout services, bags and transports groceries, locates products and conducts price verifications. Maintains proficiency regarding transactions and accuracy of tender. Performs various customer service duties while maintaining a safe and sanitary shopping environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures front-end racks, drink coolers and cleaning supply stations are stocked, cleaned, and presentable.
• Takes precaution when handling objects to avoid damage to products, property, etc.
• Ensures groceries are bagged properly by putting like items together, limiting bag weight, preventing food cross-contamination, and ensuring customer receipt of all purchased items.
• Accountable for adhering to all local, state, and federal laws regarding sales of restricted items such as tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis-based and pharmaceutical products.
• Remains current on tender policies and procedures related to checks, credit, debit, coupons, EBT, WIC, AML, etc.
• Accesses or memorizes product codes and remains familiar with ad and special items.
• Maintains friendly and customer-service-oriented attitude by greeting customers, answering questions, locating and promoting products, and responding to complaints.
• Ensures correct checkout totals for customers by properly weighing, keying, and scanning items. Maintains accurate money count in register at all times.
• Promotes enrollment in Thank You Card program and assists customers with sign up process, where applicable.
• Maintains clean, safe and sanitary working and shopping environment by adhering to Company safety procedures. Complies with all Company policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic mathematical and counting skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and partners in written and verbal form.
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Basic knowledge of cash register.
• Basic knowledge of tender policies and procedures.
• Ability to remain courteous with customers at all times.
• Ability to learn new technology systems, methods and processes.
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications

• Typically involves on the job training.
• TABC/LACT certification required where applicable.
• Minimum of 16 years of age required.

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.
• Attendance at work is required.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Frequently required to bend, kneel or squat.
• Continuously required to use fine finger movements (ex. sorting and typing).
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop or crawl.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 75 lbs.
• Frequently required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Continuously required to talk and hear.

Work Context and Environment

• Work is generally performed in a retail store.
• Noise level varies.
• Occasionally exposed to cleaning agents.