Part Time Sales Associate

Campbell's•Birch Run, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Part-Time Sales Associate helps create an outstanding shopping experience and supports the day-to-day operation of the retail store. The role involves building customer relationships, recommending Pepperidge Farm products, maintaining attractive and well-stocked merchandise displays, and contributing to sales growth. The associate also supports cash handling, inventory, receiving, opening and closing procedures, and store cleanliness. When management is absent, the associate helps ensure established store procedures are followed. This is a part-time role paying $15.00 per hour. Start times and scheduled hours may vary based on business needs, employee call-offs, production schedules, and holiday coverage. The work is approximately 95% indoors and 5% outdoors, with possible exposure to cold freezer areas. Duties may include variable driving when required by assigned responsibilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

General education degree or currently working toward completion.
Ability to read, write, and understand instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using standard units of measure.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out detailed written and verbal instructions.
Ability to provide friendly and professional customer service in a retail environment.
Ability to perform the essential physical functions of the position, with reasonable accommodations as applicable.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods, potentially more than 8 hours per day depending on the schedule.
Ability to frequently bend, reach, and squat, and occasionally balance, climb, and kneel.
Ability to receive, sort, rotate, and stock bread and other product deliveries.
Ability to lift and carry products weighing approximately 10 to 50 pounds, depending on product type.
Ability to push or pull merchandise and equipment weighing up to approximately 200 pounds for short distances.

Nice To Haves

Previous retail, sales, cashier, merchandising, grocery, or customer service experience.
Experience with suggestive selling or recommending products to customers.
Experience operating a cash register or following cash-handling procedures.
Experience receiving, stocking, rotating, or merchandising retail products.
Track record of delivering friendly, dependable customer service in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Develop a strong working knowledge of store products and product-handling procedures.
Use suggestive selling, including offering the Behind-the-Counter Special, and recommend Pepperidge Farm products based on customers’ needs.
Complete assigned tasks accurately, efficiently, and with attention to detail.
Support efforts to increase net sales, bakery sales, and average sales per transaction.
Follow established customer service processes and provide friendly, helpful, attentive, and professional service.
Maintain a professional appearance and follow the established dress code.
Follow merchandising standards so products are properly placed, organized, easy to shop, and accurately marked and priced according to the Red-Black-Blue pricing strategy.
Receive, unload as needed, process, rotate, stock, and organize product shipments; properly receive and process distributor returns.
Rotate products to support freshness and inventory standards.
Protect company assets by following security, loss prevention, cash-handling, recordkeeping, key, lock, and store-securing procedures.
Operate the cash register and follow established cash-handling procedures.
Perform assigned opening and closing procedures, including bank deposit drops and pickups.
Maintain cleanliness and organization throughout the sales floor, stockroom, and restroom areas.
Help ensure efficient and effective store operations when management is not present.
Work with store management and team members, and interact with customers, delivery personnel, and distributors.