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

Experience-based pay ranging from: $17.75 - $19.06 per hour

Expected hours: 30-40 hours per week, based on candidate availability. Must have availability to work weekends. Candidates without availability to work weekends 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.

Learn valuable, transferable job skills as a Cashier! As a Cashier, you play a pivotal part in the customer experience - the first person customers see when they enter our store, and the last person they see when they leave. You will interact with a variety of shoppers and join a great team of experienced Cashiers. You will process transactions, address customer questions, and maintain a clean and organized store. Joining River Market as a Cashier is a great pathway into various retail careers and provides you with an encouraging environment to learn and grow.

Do you already have experience working as a Cashier in a high-volume fast-paced environment like a grocery store? Your experience is rewarded by advanced placement on our starting wage scale.

Union position

Reports to: Customer Service Manager

• Provide prompt, friendly, courteous customer service, accurate cashiering and cash handling, store security and smooth store operations.
• Answer customer questions about products or services in a friendly, helpful, timely and accurate manner or refer unsolved questions or problems to appropriate staff.
• Promote ownership in an accurate, enthusiastic manner.
• Maximize efficient check-out techniques, bagging groceries while customer writes check, memorizing specials.
• Maintain adequate change denominations in the cash drawer and request additional change when needed.
• Maintain Front End department and entryways ensuring they remain clean and orderly.
• Keep outside walkways, loading dock and sidewalks clear of snow and ice. Shovel and salt as needed.
• Take initiative to stock, face, clean and organize register area when there are no customers to be checked out.
• Assist other departments in non-cashiering tasks as needed without interfering with customer service at the checkout.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• A desire to serve customers with kindness and grace.
• Basic arithmetic proficiency including counting, addition and subtraction
• Experience with POS systems preferred
• Experience with and knowledge of natural foods preferred
• Repetitive use of hands for grasping, pushing, pulling and fine manipulation
• Work weekends and evenings on a regular basis

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS: Must be physically able to occasionally grasp, grip, pull, push, twist, and turn as needed.
Constant (67-100%): Walking, standing, pushing, pulling, lifting/reaching waist to shoulder, talking, hearing, correctable vision including near acuity and depth perception
Frequent (34-66%): Bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, lifting/carrying up to 25 pounds floor to waist
Occasional (1-33%): Lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds floor to waist, lifting up to 100 pounds with assistance floor to waist, lifting/reaching above the shoulder
Approximately 5% of the time: Administrative Duties & Sitting