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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
- 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 Clerk, Stocking
- Grocery Associate
- Deli/Bakery Associate
- Building Materials Sales Attendant
Tasks for “Receiver”
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
- Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
- Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
- 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.
- Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise.
- Pack customer purchases in bags or cartons.
- Requisition merchandise from supplier based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
- Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Design and set up advertising signs and displays of merchandise on shelves, counters, or tables to attract customers and promote sales.
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Packing material compactors
- Baling equipment
- Barcode scanners
- Box cutters
- Stepladders
- Electric hoists
- Lifting belts
- Manual pallet jacks
- Overhead workshop cranes
- Computer laser printers
- Power jacks
- Industrial forklifts
- Warehouse dollies
- Radio frequency RF scanner guns
- Pricing guns
- Safety cutters
- Electronic cash registers
- Double deckers
- Ordering software
- Microsoft Windows
- Email software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel