Houston 58 (Alabama/Dunlavy) Connect Demo - Selling Demo Rep - Part Time

Job Summary

As a Selling Demo Representative, you'll sell products through various selling and hospitality events to educate and inform customers of product features to drive customer engagement and sales.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Follow the customer service and hospitality model to connect with customers, building a sense of community and driving loyalty.
• Create an atmosphere of celebration by participating in total store events.
• Engage customers with enthusiasm, sharing product knowledge, samples, and savings/value information; find opportunities to surprise and delight customers.
• Provide excellent customer service; answer product‑related questions; help customers locate merchandise.
• Review educational materials (story, video, etc.) and experience products prior to each scheduled event.
• Ensure all selling material—including signage, recipe cards, coupons, etc.—is printed and displayed to support customer engagement.
• Prepare, stage, execute, and close events, including product, equipment, supplies, safety/sanitation needs, marketing materials, sample payment, and closing the event in the scheduling system.
• Prepare products for use in demonstrations and samplings.
• Review daily sales reports and understand success metrics.
• Food Safety & Sanitation: ensure compliance with federal, state, and H‑EB food safety regulations/standards and department SOPs daily.
• Attend required food safety and related trainings.
• Maintain a professional, clean, healthy, and safe work environment.
• Clean up workstation area; assist other sales partners as needed.

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Age Requirement: 18+
• Work Experience: experience in sales or customer service; experience in product demonstration (preferred).
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Knowledge of sales or product demonstration (preferred).
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Ability to communicate all product ingredients and recipe components to inform customers with allergy or dietary concerns.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between projects.
  • Ability and willingness to work flexible hours.
  • A passion for customer service and hospitality.
• Education: not specified.
• Licenses/Certifications: not specified.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Constantly stand, reach at waist, and grasp.
• Occasionally walk, reach overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, pivot, twist, push/pull with arms, pinch, and perform fine motor movements.
• Occasionally be exposed to cold & hot temperatures, loud noise, and wet conditions.
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 35 lb and manage more than 25 lb.
• Time spent on activities:
  • Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8‑hour day.
  • Frequently: 2.5 – 5.5 hours per 8‑hour day.
  • Occasionally: 0 – 2.5 hours per 8‑hour day.
• Partners must never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit; if an item is too heavy, break it down into lighter components or ask for assistance from another partner or a manager.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.