PT Sales Associate

Role Description

Pay: $15.50/hr
Position Purpose: Performs duties in a retail store environment including suggestive selling and merchandising of Pepperidge Farm thrift bakery and biscuit items. Contributes to increasing net sales, bakery sales, and average sale per transaction while providing an outstanding level of customer service. Ensures that store runs efficiently and effectively in management's absence.

Responsibilities/Work Activities

• Build the Business Productivity
• Develop a strong working knowledge of all Pepperidge Farm products and procedures for handling Suggestive sell to every customer (offer the Behind-the-Counter-Special)
• Complete tasks assigned within a reasonable amount of time with accuracy and attention to detail
• Customer Service
• Follow the Customer Service Process
• Engage the customer in conversation and offer PF products
• Adhere to Dress Code
• Merchandising Excellence
• Maintain merchandising strategy for all Pepperidge Farm products that ensures the proper placement and neatness for ease of shopping
• Ensures that merchandise is properly marked/priced according to Red-Black-Blue pricing strategy
• Store Operations
• Perform proper receiving, rotating and stocking procedures of all shipments (may also include unloading trucks)
• Perform proper receiving of distributor returns
• Protect all Company assets through compliance with established security (including store keys, locks and securing store), cash handling, record keeping procedures and practices and loss prevention
• Perform store opening and closing procedures (including making bank deposit drops/pick-ups)
• Operate cash register and perform cash handling procedures
• Maintain store cleanliness on sales floor and in stockroom (including bathroom)

Background And Skill Requirements

• High School diploma or general education degree (or working towards attaining)

Skills Required

• Read, write and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and memos
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions

Physical Demands

• Standing: max 8 hours/day
• Walking: max 8 hours/day
• Sitting: max 1 hour/day
• Driving: Variable
• Lifting/Carrying:
• Bread: max. 20 lbs.
• Biscuit: max. 10-15 lbs.
• Frozen max. 10-15 lbs.
• Misc. Products: max. 20-50 lbs.
• Pushed/Pulled Bread: stacked 10 high - max. 200 lbs.
• Biscuit: max. 20-50 lbs.
• Frozen: max. 20-30 lbs.
• Misc. Products: max. 100 lbs.

Job Analysis

• Freelance Bending, Reaching and Squatting
• Occasional Balancing, Climbing and Kneeling
• Environment: 95% indoors and 5% outdoors
• 15% exposure to cold (if location has freezer)

Individual Base Pay

Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training.

Total Pay

Total pay may include other forms of compensation.

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and qualified applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, including consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.