Sales Associate

Responsibilities :

• A Retail Sales Associate is responsible for assisting customers throughout the buying process
• Their duties include greeting customers when they enter the store, helping customers find specific products or showing them how to use them and ringing up customer purchases on the POS register
• Use the E.C.E.T. (Every Customer, Every Time) process with EVERY customer interaction
• Greet every customer you make eye contact with, anywhere in the store
• Answer customers’ questions and provide information on procedures and policies
• Be at your workstation on time
• Be customer ready whenever you are on the stage / sales floor
• Maintain awareness of all promotions and advertisements
• Recommend related items when appropriate and execute S.A.L.E.S. process
• Keep your area of responsibility neat, clean, stocked and priced properly
• Execute the daily operational, day-to-day goals and priorities assigned by store management
• Assist in the training and development of peers
• Actively participate in daily huddle meetings
• Uphold merchandising and store cleanliness standards
• Offer a carry-out if appropriate
• Know the proper way to answer the telephone
• Be alert for possible merchandise losses
• Protect all company assets and report any missing or damaged merchandise to your supervisor
• Address all safety concerns immediately
• Adise store management of any pricing errors
• Advise store management anytime you say
• Take initiative to learn product knowledge
• Take initiative to learn selling skills
• Perform other tasks as asked by store management
• Aid customers in locating merchandising in store, on acehardware.com, as well as, processing special orders
• Be proficient at executing all store services, such as mixing paint, cutting glass, pipe and keys
• Ensure all shipments are packed out in its proper home and all overstock is away
• Participate in the processing of new shipments and help the team to keep the receiving and back stock area clean and organized
• Ring each transaction accurately
• Always ask for the Loyalty Card before you start a transaction, sign the customer up if needed
• Call for help when more than 3 customers are waiting
• Keep busy around the registers when you are not ringing
• Process merchandise returns as needed

Qualifications :

• Essential Physical Ability : Frequency - Requirement
• Walking : Frequent - Flat surfaces from point to point
• Stooping : Frequent - To pick up cartons at floor level
• Reaching : Frequent - To a height of 6 feet
• Lifting : Frequent - Up to 60 lbs., up to 500 repetitions per hour to a height of 4 feet (top of register); must be able to lift up to 25 pounds comfortably
• Hand Dexterity : Frequent - Must be able to use at least one hand to operate register and complete paperwork
• Pushing / Pulling : Frequent - Move hand jacks from place to place
• Carrying : Frequent - Up to 50 lbs., up to 10 feet, occasionally more
• Hearing : Constant - Safety signals

Benefits :

• Generous SPIFF Plans
• Generous employee discount programs
• Major Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Short Term Disability & Prescription Coverage for Eligible Employees
• 401(k) Plan
• Company Contribution to Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Training
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Direct Deposit paid weekly for hourly positions
• Supplemental Insurance Policies : Disability, Life Insurance, Accident
• Company Paid Life Insurance for Eligible Employees
30+ days ago