Will “Grocery Clerk, Stocking” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with merchandise and arrange merchandise displays to attract customers. May periodically take physical count of stock or check and mark merchandise.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5081.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Stock Clerks, Sales Floor”.
Also Known As…
- Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
- Store Clerk
- Stocker
- Stock Clerk
- Sales Support Specialist
- Night Stocker
- Grocery Clerk
- Dairy Clerk
- Clerk
- Checker/Stocker
- Checker Stocker
- Storekeeper Helper
- Store Stocker
- Store Stock Help
- Store Hand
- Store Associate
- Stockman
- Stockkeeper
- Stock Worker
- Stock Associate
- Shelf Stocker
- Sales Support Representative
- Sales Associate
- Retail Support Associate
- Retail Stocker
- Reset Merchandiser
- Replenishment Associate
- Receiver
- Produce Clerk
- Produce Associate
- Operations Specialist
- Night Filler
- Merchandise Stocker
- Merchandise Handler
- Merchandise Flow Team Member
- Merchandise Coordinator
- Logistics Associate
- Inventory Technician
- Inventory Taker
- Inventory Controller
- Inventory Control Specialist
- Grocery Store Clerk
- Grocery Stocker
- Grocery Associate
- Deli/Bakery Associate
- Building Materials Sales Attendant
Tasks for “Grocery Clerk, Stocking”
- Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
- Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
- Requisition merchandise from supplier based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Itemize and total customer merchandise selection at checkout counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases.
- Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
- Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise.
- Pack customer purchases in bags or cartons.
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
- Design and set up advertising signs and displays of merchandise on shelves, counters, or tables to attract customers and promote sales.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic cash registers
- Electric hoists
- Computer laser printers
- Stepladders
- Industrial forklifts
- Safety cutters
- Manual pallet jacks
- Double deckers
- Power jacks
- Barcode scanners
- Personal computers
- Radio frequency RF scanner guns
- Baling equipment
- Lifting belts
- Packing material compactors
- Box cutters
- Warehouse dollies
- Overhead workshop cranes
- Pricing guns
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft Access
- Ordering software
- Microsoft Windows
- Email software
- Microsoft Excel
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Outlook