Front End Associate/Cashier - Part Time - SEASONAL

SPECS FAMILY PARTNERS LTD•Corpus Christi, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Front End Associate/Cashier provides extraordinary shopping experiences and exceptional service at checkout. The role involves greeting and assisting guests, operating a cash register or electronic scanner, processing payments and coupons, ensuring correct pricing, suggesting add-on items, bagging merchandise, and answering guest questions. Associates help maintain checkout supplies and a clean, orderly work area, may assist with carry-outs, stocking, price checks, and inventory, and may resolve guest complaints courteously. They are expected to follow company and safety procedures, work cooperatively, manage time and priorities, and attend work reliably according to a schedule that may vary with business needs. The role requires maintaining a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit and, in some cases, a valid Food Handlers Permit. The employer pays for up to three hours spent taking the TABC course, but deducts the course cost from the employee's paycheck. This is a part-time seasonal position at the Corpus SPID location in Corpus Christi, Texas. Part-time work is up to 25 hours per week. Employees must be available to work any shift on Friday or Saturday and be available for at least 80% of shifts each week. The workplace is described as a fun, positive environment; employees may be exposed to outside weather conditions, and noise is usually moderate. The job requires standing, walking, bending, occasional climbing and balancing, and lifting up to 25 pounds regularly and 50 pounds or more occasionally, as well as occasionally pushing or pulling 50–100 pounds or more. Applicants must be over 21 years old under state law.

Requirements

Must be over 21 years old under state law.
Must maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit; a valid Food Handlers Permit may also be required in some cases.
Ability to read, comprehend, and write simple instructions or memos and communicate with and understand coworkers and guests.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and calculate discounts and percentages.
Ability to apply common-sense reasoning to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
Responsible, reliable, and committed to providing exceptional service, with patience, friendliness, an outgoing personality, a strong work ethic, and the ability to complete assignments promptly.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, balance, handle and lift items, and communicate and understand; lift up to 25 pounds regularly and 50 pounds or more occasionally, and push or pull 50–100 pounds or more occasionally.
Close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Physical attendance according to a management-set schedule that may vary with business needs.
Part-time availability of up to 25 hours per week, including availability for any shift on Friday or Saturday and at least 80% of shifts each week.

Nice To Haves

Previous cashiering experience.
High school diploma or GED.
Previous retail or customer service experience.
Familiarity with cash-handling procedures.
Knowledge of basic math for cash transactions.
Strong communication skills, including phone etiquette.
Bilingual skills.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate the company mission statement and core values and maintain the uniform standard.
Greet guests warmly and follow the applicable Guest Services script.
Operate cash registers, electronic scanners, and computers; look up products and verify prices by scanning the correct barcode.
Suggest additional items and charitable donations to guests at checkout.
Monitor merchandise brought to the register and ensure guests are charged for the correct quantities.
Redeem coupons and weigh produce when required.
Ask guests to answer pin pad questions themselves and check acceptable identification when required to ensure legal sales.
Receive cash, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and gift cards; issue receipts and change, and accurately count change back to guests.
Bag or box merchandise appropriately and assist with carry-outs when needed and feasible.
Record transaction totals, call for cash drops when the till limit is reached, and count down the drawer and prepare the final drop at shift end.
Keep the work area clean and orderly, avoid overstocking the counter, and ensure checkout supplies are available.
Answer guest questions, provide information, and resolve complaints courteously when appropriate.
Avoid conversations with coworkers when guests are present and avoid personal cell phone use on the sales floor.
Stock shelves, check price tags, prepare assigned areas for inventory, and assist with inventory when needed.
Follow management directives and safety regulations, including company and OSHA requirements; complete other assigned tasks.
Work collaboratively, manage time and priorities, handle stress in a fast-paced environment, and maintain reliable attendance and punctuality.