Job description "The seller of food products": a sample

The most important document of employees of grocery stores is the job description of the seller of food products. A sample of the composition, structure and basic provisions that should be set forth in it are discussed below. This document regulates the actions of the seller, clearly defines the scope of his duties, rights and responsibilities. The job description is equally important for both the employer and the employee, so drafting it is a serious matter that requires a careful and thorough approach.

First Section

The job description of the seller of food products is an internal document approved by the store management body. When registering for work, the employee must read it, confirm it with a signature in the relevant document (order for appointment, statement, etc.) and continue to work strictly within the limits indicated by this paper. An exception may be the implementation of individual orders and orders of higher management, if they do not contradict the job description and the current legislation. The first section of this document is usually the general provisions, which include, for example, the following:

• This post belongs to the category of workers.
• It is in direct subordination with the senior store salesman (department head, manager, director, etc.).
• Obliged to undergo a special medical commission and not start working duties if there are signs of infectious diseases.
• At the time of absence (illness, business trip, parental leave, etc.) is replaced by a person holding a similar position, at the discretion of the director (chief of department, senior seller, etc.).

Duties

The list of functions and tasks assigned to the employee necessarily reflects the job description. The seller of food products performs a fairly wide range of various responsibilities, for example:

• Receiving from the warehouse products and packaging material.
• Attaching pricelists, advertising and other labels, as well as other leaflets and signs with information provided for by the current legislation and internal documents of the store.
• Execution of checking of workplace, counter, trading hall for availability and serviceability of necessary equipment, tools, inventory.
• Placement of goods on shelves, shelving, in refrigerators, as well as aesthetic and artistic decoration of storefronts.
• Check the shelf life and sales of products, the appearance of the package and its integrity.
• Customer service: consulting, weighing, cutting, counting the required quantity, packing, cost calculation.
• Control of the flow of customers, the study of supply and demand.
• Control of product assortment, calculation and preparation of orders for missing items.
• Participation in the inventory.

These are the most common duties that the job description contains. The seller of food products can perform many other functions and tasks that must be documented in the document. The main thing is that these duties do not contradict the current legislation. More often such additions are caused by specificity of activity of concrete points of trade. For example, in some small shops, especially in remote regions, the system of pre-orders can work, and the function for their admission is assigned to the seller.

Rights

Not only does duty contain job description. The seller of grocery items also has a number of rights, which are also displayed in this document. For example:

• Get acquainted with the documents confirming the quality of the goods, as well as information about its manufacturer, composition, methods of storage and use.
• To submit for consideration by the higher management of proposals on expansion or reduction of assortment of production, window dressing, acquisition of the necessary equipment, tools, inventory.
• To get acquainted with the internal documents regulating the work of the store, as well as orders, orders, etc.
• Require the provision of all necessary for proper performance of official duties.
• Refuse to comply with orders, orders, etc., which contradict or do not comply with the law, or may cause harm to others.

A responsibility

The job description "The seller of food products" must contain this section. It is desirable to prescribe it carefully, but general phrases are also possible. For example, the seller of food products is responsible for improper performance of his official duties and legal violations, including for actions that caused damage or material damage to third parties within the limits established by law.

Two in one

And in large supermarket chains, and in small shops often functions of several posts are combined by one employee. The job description of the seller-cashier of food products, for example, is supplemented with such items:

• Acceptance of monetary funds from buyers for the purchased goods, performing the necessary operations on the cash register and issuing a check.
• Ensuring the safety of money taken from customers, until the closing of the cashier and transfer them to the relevant persons.
• Control of cash register operation, as well as compliance with the current legislation regulating cash settlement operations.

Foremost

The job description of a senior food seller has some differences and peculiarities. This person is responsible not only for his actions, but also for the quality of his subordinates' work. Proceeding from this, the powers and duties of the senior seller are supplemented, for example, with such provisions:

• Has the right to give to the persons who are in direct subordination according to the staff schedule, obligatory to performance of the order.
• Obliged to collect and study information, including reports, memos, proposals, and draw appropriate conclusions and take the necessary measures.
• He is responsible for the quality of performance of his duties by persons who are directly subordinate to the staff schedule.

The job description "Seller of food products" can only contain the main provisions listed above, but it will be much more convenient for the owner, for the management, and for the employee to have clearly defined rights, duties and responsibilities, taking into account the specifics and specific features of the particular point of trade. In this case, the employee will be much clearer that what is required of him is what he must do.