Retail Sales – Part Time
About The Position
The Customer Service Associate welcomes Lowe’s customers and helps them find the products and services they need for home improvement projects. The role focuses on listening to customers, answering questions, providing friendly and professional service, assisting with product selection and merchandise, and ensuring customer needs are met. Associates work in a department determined by hiring needs and skillsets, such as Appliances, Cabinets, Flooring, Garden, Hardware, Tools, Building Materials, Plumbing, Electrical, Paint, Home Décor, Tool Rental, or Pro Services. Daily duties vary by department and may include preparing merchandise for customers, such as mixing paint, cutting pipe or wood, or cutting drywall or blinds. The role also involves replenishing merchandise, accurately processing orders and deliveries, guiding customers through shopping or checkout, and cross-functional training in other store areas. It may require occasional travel to meetings, training, or neighboring stores. Work may take place indoors or outdoors and involve varying climates, noise, and moving or shaking equipment. Associates must follow lifting guidelines, including limiting single lifts to 75 pounds and using team lifts or powered equipment as appropriate.
Requirements
- Six months of experience using a computer, including inputting, accessing, modifying, or outputting information.
- Six months of experience using common retail technology, such as smartphones and tablets.
- Ability to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic, including addition and subtraction.
- Ability to perform duties that may require prolonged standing, sitting, and other activities necessary to perform the job.
- Ability to lift at least 25 pounds unassisted, or over 25 pounds with or without an accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Six months of retail and/or customer service experience.
- Bilingual skills.
- Certification in a trade related to the department, such as hardware, kitchen, plumbing, electrical, lawn and garden, or lumber/building materials.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers, answer questions, and deliver friendly and professional customer service.
- Assist customers with locating and handling merchandise.
- Down stock merchandise by identifying empty shelf areas and replenishing supplies.
- Process orders and deliveries accurately so customers receive merchandise as expected and on time.
- Cross-functionally train in other store areas to help provide customer service.
- Prepare department merchandise based on customer needs, such as tinting and mixing paint, cutting and threading pipe, cutting and bundling wood, cutting drywall, or cutting blinds.
- Guide customers through shopping or checkout.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental and vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, sick time, and volunteer time, based on role, tenure, and locality
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- 401(k) retirement account with company match
- Employee Assistance Program, including work/life services and no-cost counseling
- Tuition assistance, education support, and trade skills scholarships
- Maternity and parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Associate discount and broad discount platform
- Potential annual bonuses, Employee Stock Purchase Plan enrollment, deferred compensation plan, and grant awards, based on eligibility
- Business Travel Accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
