VIB Supply Store Associate - Mark Center - #BVIWES02 (Previous applicants need not reapply)
About The Position
The Virginia Industries for the Blind (VIB) is seeking a VIB Supply Store Associate (Wage) for the Mark Center Supply Store in Alexandria. This role involves performing stock clerk, cashier, and customer service duties utilizing an automated point-of-sale system. The position offers a consistent Monday-Friday schedule with no nights, weekends, or federal holidays. The stores handle office supplies, janitorial products, and other commercial essentials in a secure federal or military setting. This is a wage (part-time) position working an average of 24-32 hours per week and not exceeding 1,500 hours per employment year. This position does not include health insurance, retirement, or leave benefits.
Requirements
- Demonstrated problem-solving and excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- Proficient computer skills, familiarity with internet, Microsoft Windows operating system, and Microsoft Office software
- Ability to perform duties independently without direct supervision
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and stand up to 8 hours
- Must be able to pass a background check required for access to the Federal Building.
- Qualified candidates who are blind are encouraged to apply and will receive preference. Blindness is defined as “a central visual acuity that does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses or visual acuity if better than 20/200 is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.”
Responsibilities
- Perform stock clerk, cashier, and customer service duties utilizing an automated point-of-sale system
- Operate the cash register as needed
- Provide customer service and assist with special orders
- Receive merchandise
- Stock shelves
- Conduct quality assurance
- Perform material movement tasks
- Greeted customers, answered inquiries and phone calls, and promptly escalated concerns to management.
- Processed sales by scanning items, handling payments, issuing receipts, maintaining records, and generating purchase requests for stock and special orders.
- Maintained a clean, well-stocked store and used equipment such as pallet jacks, flatbeds, and dollies to move merchandise.
- Completion of all mandatory federal, state, and agency training.
- General support of Base Supply Store operations, including completing tasks or projects assigned by the Manager, Regional Manager, and/or Supervisor.
Benefits
- No nights, no weekends, no federal holidays.
- Never handle cash.
- Work in a secure federal or military setting with a stable customer base.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
