Shelf Stocker

Summary: The Shelf Stocker is responsible for maintaining fully stocked, clean, and well-organized merchandise displays throughout the commissary. This position ensures shelves, coolers, and storage areas are replenished in a timely and accurate manner, with products faced, rotated, and presented according to DeCA standards. The Shelf Stocker supports overall store readiness by maintaining a neat, orderly appearance and ensuring customers have consistent access to available products.

• Obtain and utilize all equipment, including safety equipment, necessary to complete task, i.e.; cutter, blades, feather duster, apron, etc. in order to meet safety standards.
• Receives merchandise from the government to be staged.
• Prepare merchandise to be placed on shelves, in order to increase efficiency during stocking of merchandise.
• Stock all items that will fit on shelf according to the standards of that particular commodity in order to maintain a complete supply of items accessible to customers.
• Display, block, straighten and clean all merchandise as well as shelf area in order to maintain a presentable appearance.
• Rotate specified merchandise to ensure that the oldest date codes are in the front of the shelf area (First In - First Out).
• Remove all damaged and hazardous commodities in order to maintain safety standards.
• Breakdown and remove cardboard and trash in order to keep the stocking area clean of debris.
• Dump all contractor-generated cardboard.
• As needed, sorts and segregates merchandise in accordance with established plans and procedures.
• As needed, consolidates merchandise and restores after shelf stocking evolution.
• Other duties may be assigned to support commissary operations.

Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience in related field.

Minimum Experienced Required: No prior experience or training needed for individuals with disabilities. One (1) year grocery store stocking experience preferred for non-disabled individuals.

Skills Required: Receive general oral and written instructions and assignments from supervisors or project manager. Carry out assignments with independence. Work is regularly reviewed for satisfactory performance. Ability to do basic mathematical calculations such as addition and subtraction. Ability to read and/or comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English. Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-stepinstructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variable.

Background Investigation: Any formal offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background investigation. Candidates are not required to disclose criminal history, nor will a background check be conducted, until a conditional job offer has been extended. Job Options, Inc. participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm identity and employment authorization for all newly hired employees. Upon accepting a conditional offer, you will be required to complete the Form I-9. Per federal guidelines, if you present a List B document for identity verification, it must contain a photograph.

Essential Physical Tasks: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.