Sales Associate - PT - Annapolis, MD

The Spice & Tea Exchange • Annapolis, MD

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Spice & Tea Exchange is a sensory specialty retail shop filled with spices, teas, sugars, salts, gifts, recipes, and conversations. We’re looking for warm, reliable, curious team members who enjoy helping guests discover something delicious, memorable, useful, or unexpected. This is not a “stand behind the register and wait” kind of retail job. It’s a hospitality, product education, and guest experience role — with plenty of teamwork, movement, learning, and flavor along the way. Some team members shine through energetic customer engagement and selling. Others shine through careful execution, organization, replenishment, labeling, and behind-the-scenes support. Both types matter here. Our best teams need both.

Requirements

• Weekend and holiday availability strongly preferred.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality.
• Comfort standing, moving, reaching, restocking, and engaging with guests during shifts.
• Ability to assist with unpacking, stocking, and moving items, generally up to 15–25 lbs.
• Willingness to learn product knowledge and follow store procedures.
• Accuracy with customer orders, stocking, labeling, and cash handling.
• Age 18+ preferred due to closing responsibilities, cash handling, and specialty product selling.
• No prior spice, tea, or specialty retail experience is required — we will train the right person.
• Prior experience in retail, hospitality, food/beverage, customer service, sales, merchandising, or production work is helpful but not required.
• Candidates with prior keyholder, shift lead, or supervisory experience may be considered for additional responsibility or future growth opportunities based on role fit, availability, and business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Enjoy talking with people and helping them find the right thing.
• Are curious about food, tea, cooking, gifting, wellness, or flavor.
• Can be warm and persuasive without being pushy.
• Notice what needs to be done and jump in.
• Take pride in accuracy, cleanliness, and follow-through.
• Like a fast-moving environment where every day is a little different.
• Are coachable and willing to keep learning.
• Can balance guest connection with task completion.

Responsibilities

• Welcome guests and help them feel comfortable exploring.
• Ask thoughtful questions about what they’re cooking, gifting, sipping, or trying to solve.
• Recommend spices, teas, sugars, salts, blends, accessories, recipes, and gift ideas.
• Share product knowledge in a helpful, approachable way.
• Support sampling, events, promotions, and seasonal displays.
• Restock, recover, label, organize, and keep the store beautiful.
• Follow checklists, procedures, and cleanliness standards.
• Help create small “WOW” moments guests remember.

Benefits

• Fun, engaging workplace — no boring days here.
• Hands-on culinary discovery — taste, learn, blend, and explore.
• Room to grow — build skills in sales, hospitality, inventory, events, and operations.
• Leadership opportunities — step up when you’re ready.
• Team discounts + free monthly products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed