Front End Associate/Cashier - Part Time - SEASONAL

SPECS FAMILY PARTNERS LTD•Portland, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Front End Associate/Cashier provides extraordinary shopping experiences and exceptional checkout service to guests. The role includes operating a cash register or electronic scanner, processing payments, ensuring accurate pricing and transactions, bagging merchandise, and helping maintain a clean, well-stocked checkout area. Associates may also assist with carry-outs, stocking shelves, checking price tags, preparing for inventory, and responding to guest questions or complaints. The position requires professional, friendly service, attention to detail, teamwork, time management, and the ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment. Work is scheduled according to business needs and may vary week to week. Associates must be available for any shift on Friday or Saturday and for at least 80% of shifts each week. 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 completing the TABC course but deducts the course cost from the employee’s paycheck.

Requirements

Must be over age 21 to work at Spec's.
Must be able 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 understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
Responsible, reliable, and committed to providing exceptional service; patient, friendly, outgoing, self-starting, and possessing a strong work ethic.
Ability to complete assignments promptly and seek additional tasks when appropriate.
Must maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit; a valid Food Handlers Permit may also be required in some cases.
Must be available to work any shift on Friday or Saturday and be available for 80% or more of all shifts each week.
Ability to meet physical demands, including standing, walking, bending, climbing, balancing, handling and reaching with arms and hands, lifting up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds or more occasionally, and pushing or pulling 50–100 pounds or more occasionally.
Required vision abilities include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Must meet scheduled physical attendance requirements; schedules may vary according to business needs.
Previous retail or customer service experience preferred in the posting's qualifications; cashiering experience is preferred but the employer is willing to train.
Familiarity with cash handling procedures, basic math for cash transactions, and strong communication skills, including phone etiquette, are identified in the qualifications.

Nice To Haves

Previous cashiering experience.
Previous retail or customer service experience.
High school diploma or GED.
Bilingual skills.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate the company mission statement and core values, and maintain the required uniform standard.
Greet guests warmly and follow the applicable Guest Services script, including offering discounts and promotions, suggesting additional items, offering charity donations, and thanking guests.
Operate cash registers, electronic scanners, computers, and related equipment; look up product UPC codes or prices when needed.
Scan the correct barcode and ensure accurate prices and transaction totals.
Suggestively sell items and offer add-on merchandise 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 respond to pin pad questions themselves before beginning the transaction.
Check acceptable identification and use the 36 sign-in process when required to ensure legal sales, following professional ID-checking practices.
Accept cash, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and gift cards; issue receipts and correct change, and count change back to guests.
Bag or box merchandise appropriately and use bags, boxes, and bottle protectors according to guest needs and company practices.
Assist with carry-outs when needed and feasible.
Compute and record transaction totals on the daily record sheet; call for a cash drop when the till limit is reached; count down the drawer and prepare the final drop at shift end.
Keep the checkout area clean and neat, avoid overstocking the counter, and ensure checkout supplies such as register paper and paper bags are available.
Answer guest questions and provide information; resolve complaints with courtesy and respect 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.
Carry out management directives and other assigned projects, including cleaning tasks as needed.
Work safely in accordance with company and OSHA regulations.
Practice teamwork, manage time and priorities, handle stress in a fast-paced environment, and complete assignments carefully and reliably.
Meet attendance and punctuality expectations and work according to the schedule set by management.