Assistant Outpost PIC

Role Description

Outpost/Sporting Goods Assistant PICs stocks straightens, ensuring a safe and clean shopping experience for customers while providing exemplary customer service and satisfaction. Along with ordering regular stocked merchandise, performing background checks on gun sales in accordance with company guidelines and Federal/State laws and regulations.  Assistant PIC will schedule and supervise team members within the department, and assume responsibilities of the Outpost PIC in their absence 

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Follows merchandising standards and practices.
• Aligns product, collects and returns stray items, stocks to maintain high product levels.
• Rotates merchandise.
• Checks for accurate signage.
• Hangs and replaces computer generated product signs.
• Uses box knife to cut boxes for display/accessibility of product and to cut twine or shrink-wrap from pallet.
• Stocks opened cases on shelves.
• Uses hand-held scanning gun or keys item numbers when necessary.
• Transfers or ensures transfer of each item as number is scanned.  
• Monitors all merchandise passing through register line, promoting accurate merchandise inventory.
• Requests supervisor verification for high-ticket items.
• Assists with transferring merchandise in carts and packaging orders, following all safety and security procedures.
• Receives accurate payment for goods, makes change, processes checks, EBT, credit and debit charges according to proper departmental procedures for paperwork and performance of duties.
• Counts register at sign on, orders change, makes witnessed drops of excess funds to vault, orders cash increases, and counts register at shift end to maintain accurate register funds.
• Performs related tasks, set-up and closing duties for department, such as putting returned or moved product back, collecting paperwork, stocking register, cleaning area, and retrieving carts.
• Moves and positions pallets of merchandise using manual pallet jack.
• Stacks product from partial pallets onto full pallets.
• Communicates with supervisors and managers to determine merchandising plan and priorities.
• Writes list of products to be brought from steel, by forklift driver, for stocking.
• Provides prompt and courteous customer service.
• Answers phones, directs customers to product, and assists customers with product information.
• Cleans department by sweeping, mopping, spraying, wiping, and dusting.  
• Stocks supplies, empties trash, and operates trash compactor and cardboard baler.
• Works with vendors to ensure proper order quantities and rotation.
• Project sales and schedule labor to comply with established and/or directed standards.
• Assists in other departments of the store as necessary.  
• Performs other functions as necessary or assigned.

Experience/Education:

• A High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• Customer service skills preferred.
• Knowledge of Sporting Goods, Fishing and Hunting.

Company Description

Three Bears Alaska is a family-owned chain of Alaskan grocery stores with so much more. We are committed to providing customers with quality goods and services at the lowest possible price. We strive to meet the needs of our customers by offering a diverse range of products and exceptional customer service. With multiple locations throughout Alaska, Three Bears Alaska, Inc. is dedicated to serving the local community and creating a positive shopping experience.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Colonial Life Elective Benefits
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Holiday Pay
• Automatic Raises of $1.00/hr every 1,040 hours worked
  *Auto raises will be provided based on straight-time worked until top of pay scale is reached. 

Pay Range: Starting at $19.00/hr (DOE)

Schedule: 

• Part-time
• Full-time
• Evening, Weekends and Holidays are required.

Office Location and Travel: