Profession shelf filler

Shelf fillers stock and rotate merchandise on shelves, identifying and removing expired products. They clean the shop after its operational hours, ensuring that the shelves are fully stocked for the next day. Shelf fillers may use trolleys, small forklifts to move stock and ladders to reach high shelves. They also give directions to customers in order to locate specific products.  

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Personality Type

• Conventional / Realistic

Skills

• Examine merchandise

  Control that items put up for sale are correctly priced and displayed and that they function as advertised.

• Monitor stock level

  Evaluate how much stock is used and determine what should be ordered.

• Check price accuracy on the shelf

  Ensure accurate and correctly labelled prices for the products on the shelves

• Stock shelves

  Refill shelves with merchandise to be sold.

• Ensure stock storage safety

  Ensure that products are stored appropriately. Keep in line with safety procedures.

• Change shelf labels

  Change labels on shelves, according to the location of products displayed on vending machines.

• Comply with food safety and hygiene

  Respect optimal food safety and hygiene during preparation, manufacturing, processing, storage, distribution and delivery of food products.

• Assess shelf life of food products

  Assess the shelf life of food products in a range of storage and packaging conditions.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB