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Jose Casarez

Eureka,CA

Summary

Motivated professional with extensive experience in grocery retail, including roles as Senior Grocery Clerk and Front End Supervisor. Demonstrates strong leadership by supervising teams, managing schedules, and training new hires. Skilled in merchandising, inventory management, and delivering excellent customer service, with a proven ability to resolve issues and support store operations efficiently.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Grocery Clerk/Cashier

Eureka Natural Foods
Eureka, CA
10.2022 - 05.2026
  • Assisted in unloading and verifying freight, ensuring accurate inventory intake
  • Redeemed credit from distributors for unaccounted items, reducing inventory loss
  • Maintained assigned aisle and ordered merchandise, improving stock accuracy through bin locating and shelf management
  • Optimized product assortment by adding or removing items based on sales history analysis
  • Built floor displays for promotional items, increasing product visibility and sales
  • Assisted as a Cashier when requested by a supervisor, supporting front-end operations
  • Managed inventory levels to ensure product availability and minimize stock discrepancies.
  • Assisted customers with product selection, providing knowledgeable recommendations and support.
  • Maintained store cleanliness and organization to enhance shopping experience and compliance with safety standards.
  • Rotated grocery products ensuring that expired or spoiled items were immediately removed and adhered to "first in, first out" rule.

Front End Supervisor

Eureka Natural Foods
Eureka, CA
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • Checked operational status of lights and coolers, ensuring a safe and functional environment
  • Counted safe and registers, maintaining accurate cash handling procedures. Balancing safe and ensuring accuracy.
  • Scheduling front end staff, rotating breaks and lunches. Optimizing staff coverage
  • Assigned registers to cashiers, streamlining front-end workflow
  • Assisted cashiers with safe loans, change, and returns, ensuring smooth transactions
  • Customer Trouble-shooting: Protected assets and diffused situations with hostile customers, minimizing loss and maintaining safety & ensuring loss prevention.
  • Supervised daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
  • Trained and mentored team members to enhance service skills and product knowledge.

Grocery Clerk

Sprouts Farmers Market
Burbank, CA
10.2020 - 02.2021
  • Unloaded freight from delivery trucks using electric pallet jack, expediting receiving process
  • Broke down freight by aisle and stacked accordingly, improving stocking efficiency
  • Distributed freight to aisles, ensuring timely restocking
  • Stocked freight and managed top/back stock for assigned aisle, maintaining inventory levels
  • Filled and rotated promotional items, maximizing product freshness and visibility
  • Filed claims with distributor for damaged items, recovering inventory value
  • Assisted customers with questions, delivering high-quality service

Cashier

Circle K
Palmdale, CA
05.2017 - 05.2020
  • Greeted and addressed customer needs, enhancing overall satisfaction
  • Maintained store cleanliness, ensuring a welcoming environment
  • Responded to emergency services per store policies, ensuring safety compliance
  • Managed all store operations independently for 3-4 hours per shift until closing
  • Opened, counted, and closed store registers and safe, ensuring accurate cash handling
  • Trained new hires on register and store operations, accelerating onboarding
  • Received, logged, and stocked inventory upon arrival, maintaining product availability

Cap 2 Team Member

BACKROOM STOCK, WALMART
03.2016 - 04.2017
  • Received and unloaded cargo, ensuring timely processing of shipments
  • Ensured workload consistency with checklist, maintaining operational standards
  • Performed random weight audits on received loads, verifying inventory accuracy
  • Inspected quality of pallets received, reducing damaged goods
  • Recorded inventory and submitted credit claims for broken or short shelf life items, minimizing loss

Education

No Degree - Biology

Antelope Valley College
Lancaster, CA
05-2018

Skills

  • Bilingual (Spanish & English)
  • Shipping & receiving
  • Supervising and team leadership skills
  • Schedule coordination
  • Quality control
  • Cash handling & safe balancing
  • Ability to multitask under stressful situations
  • Organizational skills
  • Staff management and development
  • Asset protection
  • Claims processing
  • Retail management

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Interests

I like Music I play guitar and am trying to become proficient in guitar repair I like video games that have story based gameplay I have a green thumb, experience in gardening/landscaping It's always filled me with a sense of accomplishment when I finish a job It's fun

  • Avid Reader
  • Electronics and Circuit Building
  • Strategy Games
  • Reading
  • I like working with my hands and fixing things
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Gardening
  • Cooking
  • DIY and Home Improvement
  • Camping
  • Video Gaming
  • Hiking
  • Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Timeline

Senior Grocery Clerk/Cashier

Eureka Natural Foods
10.2022 - 05.2026

Front End Supervisor

Eureka Natural Foods
06.2022 - 10.2022

Grocery Clerk

Sprouts Farmers Market
10.2020 - 02.2021

Cashier

Circle K
05.2017 - 05.2020

Cap 2 Team Member

BACKROOM STOCK, WALMART
03.2016 - 04.2017

No Degree - Biology

Antelope Valley College