Front End Associate/Cashier - Part Time

SPECS FAMILY PARTNERS LTD•Big Sandy, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Front End Associate/Cashier provides an extraordinary shopping experience and exceptional service at checkout. The role includes greeting and assisting guests, operating registers and scanners, processing payments, maintaining checkout areas, and supporting store operations. The position is part-time, with up to 25 hours per week; schedules are set according to business needs. Employees must be available to work any shift on Friday or Saturday and at least 80% of shifts each week. The position is located at 144 Fat Dog's Big Sandy in Big Sandy, Texas. Employees are expected to demonstrate company mission and values, maintain uniform standards, follow applicable safety regulations, and complete assigned tasks with care, reliability, and attention to detail. The role requires regular physical attendance and interaction with guests and coworkers in a positive, typically moderately noisy store environment. Employees may encounter outside weather conditions while providing service.

Requirements

Must be over 21 years of age to work at Spec's, as stated in the posting.
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.
Ability to read, comprehend, and write simple instructions or memos and communicate with and understand coworkers and guests.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic with 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, committed to providing extraordinary service, patient, friendly, outgoing, self-motivated, and able to complete assignments promptly.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, balance, and use arms, hands, and fingers to handle, reach, and lift; lift up to 25 pounds regularly and 50 pounds or more occasionally; and push or pull 50–100 pounds or more occasionally.
Ability to communicate and understand, see products and payment methods, and meet the role's close-vision, depth-perception, and focus-adjustment needs.
Must maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit and, in some cases, a valid Food Handlers Permit.
Attendance and timeliness are required.

Nice To Haves

Previous cashiering experience; the employer is willing to train candidates who are willing to learn.
High school diploma or GED; the posting notes that experience may sometimes substitute.
Previous retail or customer service experience.
Familiarity with cash handling procedures.
Strong communication skills, including phone etiquette.
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, promotions, add-on items, charitable contributions, and thanks where applicable.
Operate cash registers, electronic scanners, computers, and related equipment; look up product UPC codes or prices as needed and scan the correct barcode.
Ensure merchandise is priced and charged accurately, including monitoring items brought to the register by stockers.
Suggestively sell items and offer add-on products and the charity of the month.
Redeem coupons and weigh produce when required.
Ask guests to read and answer pin-pad questions themselves; never answer pin-pad questions for them.
Check acceptable identification and use the required sign-in process when necessary to ensure legal sales, following professional practices.
Receive cash, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and gift cards; issue receipts and correct change, and count change back accurately.
Bag or box merchandise appropriately and assist with carry-outs when needed and feasible.
Record transaction totals on the daily record sheet, call for a cash drop when the limit is reached, and count down the drawer and prepare the final drop at shift end.
Keep the checkout work area clean and neat, avoid overstocking the counter, and ensure supplies such as register paper and bags are available.
Answer guest questions, provide information, and resolve complaints courteously when appropriate.
Avoid coworker conversations 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 as needed.
Carry out management directives and other assigned projects, including cleaning tasks as needed.
Work cooperatively with the team, manage time and priorities, and handle stress in a fast-paced environment.
Follow Specs Family Partners and OSHA safety regulations.
Maintain attendance and punctuality and work according to the management-set schedule.
Maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit and, where applicable, a valid Food Handlers Permit.