Job Description

Position Summary:

As an associate of Kroger, the basic objective of your position is to highly satisfy our customers by providing exceptional customer service in a safe and clean environment to ensure the customer’s return visit. We accomplish this in many ways including, but not limited to; treating our customers/employees in a fair and ethical manner, promoting an inclusive work environment, being a responsible member of the community, providing the right products at the right time with fair and accurate pricing. Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Essential Job Functions:

Responsible for efficiently managing the pharmacy, thus achieving weekly, period and annual sales and profit budgets for that department.
Responsible for training and coaching associates within the department to effectively perform their job duties at a satisfactory or above level. This includes responsibility for proper assessment and documentation for technicians.
Develop a back-up who is promotable and capable of running the department in the absence of the department manager.
Responsible for writing weekly work schedules and follow through to insure that the department has sufficient staff to cover the schedule.
Responsible for inventory, shrink and CAO maintenance where applicable.
Ensures Coordination of all ordering of merchandise and supplies on schedule from Division warehouse and authorized D.S.D. suppliers. Follows through on Division sales plans, making sure ample merchandise is ordered to support sales and advertising plans.
Ensures freshness of product by closely adhering to rotation and dating policy.
Ensures proper order check-in. Responsible for training the clerks working within the department to follow proper order check-in procedures. Reports all discrepancies immediately, and follows through to receive proper credit from Cardinal or Peyton.
Follow through with all paperwork to ensure proper handling of transferred merchandise, and inventory control.
Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, and communicating all equipment that is in disrepair with store management as soon as such is noticed or identified.
Operates within the control of government regulatory agencies, federal, state, and local, in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Division policies and procedures.
Attends weekly store board meetings with Store Management to review merchandising, sales planning and operating problems; keeps all associates informed about matters that concern them on their jobs.
Makes a strong and continuous personal effort to broaden one's knowledge or skill to demonstrate and increasingly high order of leadership.
Seeks counsel and guidance of Store Manager/Unit Director and Division management staff departments to achieve required results.
Responsible for maintaining manual workstation concept, using work flow aids to achieve an efficient working environment.
Dispense medications to customers pursuant to prescriptions and following laws, regulations, policies, procedures and ethical standards.
Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

Must be a licensed Pharmacist in good standing
Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or PharmD
Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills
Excellent Planning and Organizational skills
High attention to detail and accuracy is a must

Desired Previous Job Experience:

Management experience preferred
Pharmacy experience
Retail experience