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