Checker

CheckerAt Hy-Vee, our people are our strength. We promise "a helpful smile in every aisle" and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other. As a cashier, you'll be part of a growing innovative brand that prides itself on providing best in class customer service. We are looking for helpful smiles who enjoy working in a fast paced, customer focused environment. The cashier provides fast and friendly service to customers, assists them with questions and request. Operates a cash register and the duties which correspond. Package product, work with drive-up and/or carry-out. Replenishes product as needed.Core competencies include partnerships, growth mindset, results oriented, customer focused, and professionalism. Reporting relations include accountability to the District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of GM, Perishables, and Store Operations, and Service Managers. There are no positions that report to you.Primary duties and responsibilities include providing prompt, efficient and friendly customer service, smiling and greeting customers in a friendly manner, learning customers' names and addressing them by name whenever possible, assisting customers by escorting them to products, securing products that are out of reach, loading or unloading heavy items, making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests, answering the telephone promptly, working with co-workers as a team, operating cash register accurately, redeeming promotional coupons, food stamps, WIC checks, issuing rain checks, receiving cash, checks, completing credit-card charge transactions, in-store charges and figures discounts, counting back change and issuing receipts, placing merchandise in bags or boxes, giving packages to customers, and assisting courtesy personnel as needed. Additionally, the cashier understands and follows local, state, and company policies on sales of tobacco, liquor, and lottery tickets, ensures compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines regarding WIC and food stamps, knows value, look-up numbers, department numbers, and features of items for which money is received, stocks, faces, rotates merchandise, cleans shelves, understands shelf tags, knows location of merchandise in the store and also in the back room, perceives immediate surroundings for customer needs and problems for store safety and security, communicates clearly and distinctly on the intercom or telephone system, reviews weekly store ad to note price changes and sale items, keeps register area clean, ensures adequate supplies are ready and available, reports improper cash levels in cash drawer, helps maintain the store appearance, compares totals on cash register with amount of currency in register to verify balances at the beginning and end of work shift, may give cash refunds or issue credit memorandums to customers for returned merchandise or know where to direct the customer, understands and practices proper sanitation procedures, maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress, adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines, reports to work when scheduled and on time.Secondary duties and responsibilities include assisting store management as required, knowing code dates on perishable items and can explain to customers, changing register tape and ribbons as necessary, assisting in other areas of store as needed, and performing other job related duties and special projects as required.Knowledge, skills, abilities, and worker characteristics include the ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions, deal with a few concrete variables, do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages, understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions, write identifying information, request supplies verbally or in writing.Education and experience requirements are not specified. Physical requirements include the ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects, vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision, and the ability to perform the following physical activities: climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions. Working conditions include exposure to temperature extremes, possible dampness, equipment movement hazards, electrical shock, and exposure to chemicals and solvents.Equipment used includes pallet jack, box cutter, cash registers, trash compactor, fork lift, calculator, telephone, intercom, cardboard compactor, copier, and fax.Are you ready to smile, apply today. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.