Cashier/Sales Clerk

Position Description

Job Title Cashier
FLSA Status – Non Exempt

Summary

Provides customers with a total for their purchases, collects money from customers, and gives accurate change. Stocks and displays merchandise. Reports to the immediate supervisor or assistant manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates cash register station to itemize and total purchases.
• Collects money from customers and gives accurate change.
• Places merchandise in bags or boxes for customers.
• Balances cash received with cash sales daily.
• Follows the cashier manual to ensure accuracy and accountability.
• Straights the merchandise racks by removing empty hangers and placing merchandise in its proper location.
• Ensures aisles and floors are clear of debris and merchandise.
• Ensures merchandise is displayed according to store standards.
• Rotates merchandise on sales floor to other areas of department for better sales effect or to production area as requested.
• Reduces customer-waiting time by asking for a cashier, using the intercom system.
• Maintains a clean, neat cashier station.
• Returns unsold, priced items to sales floor, un-priced items and empty hangers to production area.
• Removes debris from shopping carts and returns carts to storage area. Disposes of trash.
• Maintains courteous and helpfulness to customers.
• Assists customers on the sales floor, by answering questions and providing direction.
• Maintains good working relationships with staff members.
• Answers incoming telephone calls. Politely answers calls and directs them to the appropriate person.
• Performs other duties and special assignments as directed, including assignments, which may be outside the primary area of employment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skill and Ability:
  • Ability to add, subtract, and count out change correctly.
  • Ability to promote a favorable company image with employees and the public.
  • Ability to interact and communicate effectively with customers.
  • Ability to present a positive Company image an be courteous to customers
  • Ability to work as a productive member of a team.
• Education and/or Experience Required:
  • Experience working with a diverse workforce.
  • Ability to work with individuals possessing developmental disabilities.
  • Ability to use good judgment.
  • Energy to take on fast-paced work.
  • Good listener.

Physical Demands

• Works inside in a production and retail environment.
• Exposure to temperature fluctuations.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, stand and move throughout the store.
• Use upper body strength to frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Must be able to walk all day throughout the store, cleaning, putting clothing away, picking up.
• Must be able to continually reach a 5-foot high bar to grab clothing off and put clothing away on a rack.
• Must be able to continually use upper extremities to handle cash register, put away clothing, clean up and organize store.
• Must be able to regularly push and pull clothing racks weighing up to 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to dust from donations.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly standing, bending, and stooping.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to operate cash register.