Gift Shop Associate

The Children's Museum Houston•Houston, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking dynamic and motivating people to work at the Children's Museum of Houston's gift shop. The associate will be responsible for ensuring the visual appearance of the store, high standards of customer service, and accurate cash handling. This posting is for seasonal only.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Register experience.
Frequent light lifting, 40% to 70% of the time over 5lbs. to 25lbs.
Ability to stand for extended time.
Available to work late on Thursday for Free Family Night, some holidays, and weekends - a very flexible schedule.

Responsibilities

Greeting each visitor, offering help, and completing sale transactions.
Opening, closing, customer transactions, and securing money at closing in safe.
Stocking, pricing, putting overstock in stockroom, and doing a daily pull.
Keeping stockrooms clean and in order.
Dusting daily, vacuuming when needed, straightening, fronting and facing merchandise, and keeping items stocked.
Recording markdowns on markdown sheet, adjusting inventory in POS, and tallying the cost of items.
Helping in the café as needed (registering, running food, cleaning, taking orders).
Counting inventory when asked to ensure accurate level.
Training new employees in all aspects of the gift shop.
Turning in all paperwork nightly (sign-off sheet, packing slips, coupons, etc.).
Selling to the visitor, not merely a "hi may I help you" and ignore them when they say "no, just looking".
Year-end inventory.
Other duties as assigned/needed.