Part-time Sales Associate

Hourly Pay: $17.13 to $18.00 per hour

Role Summary: The Sales Associate is a driven-individual who is responsible for delivering exceptional customer service. They play an integral part in keeping our stores clean, organized and shoppable for our customers. The Sales Associate thinks and behaves in alignment with HouseMart’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Service: Greets and welcomes every customer, providing them with personalized assistance by suggesting products and accompanying them to merchandise locations.

• Store Visuals and Merchandising: Assists in setting up and breaking down regular, seasonal, and/or promotional displays according to proper schematics and established plan-o-grams. Regularly organizes and maintains presentation of merchandise.

• Sales and Product Knowledge: Cultivates customer loyalty through suggestive selling and promoting alternative and/or relevant products to assist them with their projects. Continually educates themselves and retains knowledge on store products, for current and advertised items.

• Inventory: Able to perform weekly physical counts to maintain accurate inventory of product, as assigned.

• Safety and Security: Works in a safe manner and actively practices prevention methods to protect yourself and others, minimizing injury or loss.

You Own This If:

• Flexible Schedule: Willing to work a flexible schedule based on business needs (Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays included).

• Strong Communication: Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to openly and effectively communicate with store management.

• Team-Oriented: Ability to work with fellow team members, store management, and customers, demonstrating a sense of collaboration.

• Organized and Detail-Oriented: Ability to pay close alertness and attention to detail. Basic mathematical skills to calculate various functions in your everyday work (Ex. pricing, discounts, and calculating yardage, square footage etc.).

• Critical Thinking: Ability to work under pressure, demonstrate effective decision-making, and exercise sound judgement.

Qualifications:

• Customer Service, Retail, and Cash Handling experience preferred.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to understand and follow instructions.

• General knowledge and experience with computer systems and two-way radios. 

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand for durations of up to 8 hours at a time.

• Ability to push, pull, and/or lift up to 60lbs of material, in addition to lifting and maneuvering up to 100lbs. of merchandise using a hand truck, on occasion.

• Mobility to reach, twist, turn, crouch, grasp, squeeze, and perform other potentially strenuous activity.

• Manual dexterity to operate a cash register, computer, calculator, and other miscellaneous hand tools.

• May be certified to operate a forklift, as assigned.

Working Conditions:

• Work Environment: Will work under regular store conditions. Occasional exposure to heat, dust, solvents, chemicals, paint, glue, etc.

• Work Hours: Willing to work a flexible schedule based on business needs (Days, Nights, Weekends, and Holidays included).

• Equipment and Tools: Occasional use of store equipment including, but is not limited to two-way radios, hand tools, key machines, paint mixers, computer systems, printers, fax machines, radios, and forklifts (must be certified to operate).

Full-Time Benefits:

• Employee Discount

• Health Plan Coverage (Medical, Vision, Dental)

• 401(k) with Employer Match

• Profit Sharing Program

• 100% Company Paid Life Insurance

• Vacation, Sick Leave, Personal Leave, and Holidays

Part-Time Benefits:

• Employee Discount

• 401(k) with Employer Match

• Profit Sharing Program