Beer Sales Associate - Beer and Infused Spirits - Beer Retail Sales (81917)

Specs Family Partners • Prosper, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Beer Sales Associate provides extraordinary shopping experiences to guests and stocks merchandise. This role requires individuals to actively demonstrate the Company Mission Statement and Core Values, maintain uniform standards, and possess superior product knowledge. The associate will greet guests with a smile, engage in conversation, and recommend merchandise, with a focus on in-house brands. They will answer questions about price and use of merchandise, create client relationships, and assist with carrying products. Responsibilities may include operating a cash register, receiving merchandise, preparing promotional events, and setting up displays. Maintaining the sales floor, stocking shelves, fronting merchandise, and rotating stock for freshness are key duties. The associate will also maintain neat and orderly sales floor and back stock areas, clean shelves and aisles, and ensure price tags are fresh and readable. Providing feedback to management on product movement and stock levels, preparing for and assisting with inventory, and properly using computers and RF scanner equipment are also expected. Continuous improvement of skills and knowledge to contribute to profitability and productivity is encouraged. Coworker conversations should be avoided when guests are present, and personal cell phone use should be limited to work-related activities on the sales floor. Directives from management must be carried out efficiently and with care and attention to detail. Teamwork, cooperation, time management, and the ability to prioritize tasks are essential. The role requires the ability to manage stress in a fast-paced environment and work in accordance with safety regulations. Physical demands include standing, lifting, carrying, walking, bending, and reaching with products routinely weighing 50 pounds or more, and occasionally up to 100 pounds or more. Pushing and pulling are also required. Communication with team members and guests, and clear vision are necessary. Other projects and tasks assigned by management, including cleaning, are part of the role. Attendance and timeliness are required. This is not a remote sales job.

Requirements

• State law says you must be over the age of 21 to work at Spec's.
• Read, comprehend, and write simple instructions or memos.
• Communicate with and understand coworkers and guests.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in both whole numbers and in fractions and decimals.
• Calculate discounts and percentages.
• Be responsible, reliable, and committed to providing extraordinary service.
• Patience, friendliness, and an outgoing personality.
• Be a self-starter with a strong work ethic who completes the job assignments in a timely fashion and then looks for the next task.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit.
• In some cases, maintain a valid Food Handlers Permit.
• Regularly requires standing, walking, and bending; use of arms, hands, and fingers to feel, handle, reach, and lift; climbing or balance; communicating and understanding.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds regularly and up to 100 pounds or more occasionally using proper lifting techniques and tools.
• Push and/or pull 50 to 100 pounds or more regularly.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Physical attendance based on a schedule made by management which may vary week to week based on the needs of the business.
• Proven experience in sales, retail, or customer service
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• Retail sales experience
• High school diploma or a general education degree (GED)
• Strong product knowledge
• Bilingual skills
• Strong Beer knowledge in craft beers and national brands
• Bilingual proficiency is a plus

Responsibilities

• Know and actively demonstrate, daily, our Company Mission Statement and Core Values.
• Maintain uniform standard, as detailed in the Employee Manual, for all worked hours.
• Know and actively demonstrate superior product knowledge.
• Greet guests and engage in conversation with a smile and a helpful demeanor, remembering that the guest always comes first.
• Recommend merchandise based on the guests needs or desires, with a focus to suggest our in-house brands.
• Answer guests questions concerning price and use of merchandise.
• Create client relationships with regular guests.
• If needed, carry product to register counters and carry out products for guests.
• May be asked to run a cash register as business dictates.
• May be asked to receive as business dictates.
• Prepare promotional events as necessary.
• Set up displays or arrange merchandise in floor stacks, on counters or tables, to promote sales.
• Front merchandise and rotate stock for freshness and stock shelves with product.
• Maintain neat and orderly sales floor and back stock.
• Clean shelves, bottles, aisles, and tables; look for product not stocked properly to avoid trips and falls.
• Maintain fresh and readable price tags on all products.
• Provide feedback to management regarding fast or slow-moving product, stock levels, out of stocks, and department needs.
• Prepare sales floor and storage areas for inventory and assist in the inventory process if needed.
• Properly use and maintain computers and RF scanner equipment.
• Seek to continually improve related skills and knowledge to contribute to profitability and productivity.
• Avoid conversations with coworkers when guests are present.
• Limit use of personal cell phone to work related activities only while on the sales floor.
• Carry out directives of management efficiently.
• Fulfill responsibilities with care and attention to detail.
• Practice teamwork and cooperation with others.
• Possess time management skills and be able to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to manage stress in a fast-paced environment.
• Work in accordance with all safety regulations of Specs Family Partners and OSHA.
• Constantly stand, lift, carry, walk, and bend, and reach products routinely weighing 50 pounds or more. Use arms, hands, and fingers to feel, handle, reach, and lift. Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds regularly and up to 100 pounds or more occasionally using proper lifting techniques and tools. Push and/or pull 50-100 pounds or more regularly. Communicate with and understand team members and guests. See product and signage.
• Other projects and tasks assigned by management.
• Clean the bathroom.
• Attendance and timeliness are required.

Benefits

• The TABC course takes 2-3 hours to complete, and we will pay you for your time spent in the course up to 3 hours.
• Spec's will provide a link to the course and login information after the hiring process is complete.
• We will deduct the cost of the course from your paycheck ($8) so you do not need to pay for the course up front.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED