Grocery Receiver Full Time

River Market Community Co-op is hiring a Full Time Grocery Receiver!

Experience-based pay ranging from: $17.90 - $19.15 per hour

Must have availability to work weekends and evenings. Candidates without availability to work weekends and evenings will not be considered.

Work for a community-owned grocery store in downtown Stillwater and help support a sustainable local food system. As a cornerstone of locally and naturally produced foods for more than 45 years River Market Community Co-op knows outstanding customer service is vital to the long-term success of the store.

We prioritize our employees well-being and futures by offering competitive benefits. Part-time staff (less than 30 hours/week) receive a generous employee discount immediate Paid Time Off accrual and a 401(k) with employer match while full-time staff (30 or more hours/week) enjoy these benefits along with health insurance and voluntary dental and vision coverage.

Other perks to joining the River Market team include a casual dress code paid holidays holiday premium pay and annual pay increases.

Grocery Receivers are an important player in the success of the store. They are responsible for ensuring the products we receive meet our standards and are processed in a timely manner. Joining River Market as a Grocery Receiver is a great way to make a positive impact on the success of our store and food access for our community.

Do you already have experience working as a Grocery Receiver Your experience is rewarded by advanced placement on our starting wage scale.

Union position

Reports to: Center Store Manager

• Maintain attractive fully stocked rotated and faced sections including promotional areas that change regularly
• Answer customer questions and complaints in a friendly helpful prompt manner; refer questions to the appropriate staff
• Execute daily production list as delegated by supervisor
• Perform established opening and closing procedures according to timeline determined by department manager
• Accomplish daily priority stocking needs including back stock
• Receive deliveries following established procedures
• Process deliveries as received and communicated by supervisor
• Receive and price special orders as directed by manager
• Assist customers with placing and picking up special orders
• Continually monitor all products for quality and dating
• Pull products not meeting department criteria
• Accurately record damaged products returns and shrink on appropriate store records
• Participate in department cleaning side work and inventory days as directed
• Monitor staff in stocking duties

Candidates interested in a Co-op career please submit a resume!

• Excellent communication skills
• Prior retail experience serving customers in sale or similar department
• Prior retail receiving experience
• Computer proficiency including but not limited to: MS Office-Outlook Excel Word
• Able to perform basic arithmetic including counting addition and subtraction
• Able to repetitively lift and carry 25 lbs and occasionally 50 lbs
• Repetitive use of hands for grasping pushing pulling and fine manipulation
• Able to remain on feet for long periods of time
• Able to spend time working in refrigerated spaces
• Availability to work including weekends and evenings

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS: Must be physically able to occasionally grasp grip pull push twist and turn as needed.

Constant (67-100%): Walking standing talking hearing correctable vision including near acuity and depth perception

Frequent (34-66%): Bending stooping squatting kneeling lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds floor to waist lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds floor to waist

Occasional (1-33%): Working in refrigeration pushing pulling lifting up to 100 pounds with assistance floor to waist lifting and reaching waist to shoulder lifting and reaching above the shoulder

Approximately 5% of the time: Administrative duties sitting