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SALES ASSOCIATE in HOMER IL S22773

Dollar General · Homer, IL · 4 wk ago
On-siteSalesFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job description. Given text: "Job Description Job Details General Summary: Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets. Duties And Essential Job Functions Unload trucks.Follow company work processes to receive, open and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor.Build merchandise displays.Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves.Restock recovered merchandise.Assist customers by locating merchandise.Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom.Comply with company policies and procedures.Greet customers.Operate cash register and flatbed scanner to itemize and total customer's purchase; bag merchandise.Collect payment from customer and make change.Assist with ordering merchandise using hand-held scanners, as needed.Clean front end of store and help set up sidewalk displays when necessary. Job Qualifications Knowledge and Skills Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills.Understanding of safety policies and practices.Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance.Knowledge of basic cash handling procedures.Basic mathematical skills.Ability to perform IBM cash register functions. Work Experience and/or Education High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Working Conditions Frequent walking and standingFrequent bending, stooping, and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks; which may also require the ability to push and/or pull rolltainers for stocking merchandiseFrequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as handheld scanners, pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers, two-wheel dollies, U-boats (six-wheel carts), and rolltainersFrequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 poundsOccasional climbing (using step ladder) up to heights of six feetFast-paced environment; moderate noise levelOccasional exposure to outside weather conditionsRelocation assistance is not available for this position. Dollar General Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Dollar General is pleased to offer a wide range of benefit programs designed to care for the physical, mental and financial well-being of our employees and their families. Available benefit programs include health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs,401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details. About Us Work Where You Matter At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive. Company Overview Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html." We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, relocation assistance, etc. Also remove "About Us", "Company Overview" maybe not needed unless they contain substantive info about role? They are generic company description; we can drop as boilerplate. Also remove "Job Details" maybe not needed. We need to keep substantive info: General Summary (point of contact, plan-o-grams, stock merchandise, maximize profitability etc). Duties list. Job Qualifications (knowledge and skills). Work Experience/Education. Working Conditions. Benefits (they mention benefit programs). No Pay or Schedule info given, so we should not create those sections. We need sections: maybe "About the role" (General Summary), "Responsibilities" (Duties), "Requirements" (Job Qualifications + Work Experience/Education?), "Skills" (maybe separate?), "Benefits". The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can choose which to include. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading (not present). Also avoid Job ID etc. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract content. General Summary: "Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets." That's prose; we can put in

    . Duties list: many items separated by periods. We need to convert to list items. Let's list them: - Unload trucks. - Follow company work processes to receive, open and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor. - Build merchandise displays. - Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves. - Restock recovered merchandise. - Assist customers by locating merchandise. - Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom. - Comply with company policies and procedures. - Greet customers. - Operate cash register and flatbed scanner to itemize and total customer's purchase; bag merchandise. - Collect payment from customer and make change. - Assist with ordering merchandise using hand-held scanners, as needed. - Clean front end of store and help set up sidewalk displays when necessary. We need to keep each as

  • . Job Qualifications Knowledge and Skills: list: - Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills. - Understanding of safety policies and practices. - Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance. - Knowledge of basic cash handling procedures. - Basic mathematical skills. - Ability to perform IBM cash register functions. Work Experience and/or Education: "High school diploma or equivalent preferred." Working Conditions: list of conditions: - Frequent walking and standing - Frequent bending, stooping, and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks; which may also require the ability to push and/or pull rolltainers for stocking merchandise - Frequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as handheld scanners, pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers, two-wheel dollies, U-boats (six-wheel carts), and rolltainers - Frequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds - Occasional climbing (using step ladder) up to heights of six feet - Fast-paced environment; moderate noise level - Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions We could combine as list. Benefits: "Dollar General is pleased to offer a wide range of benefit programs designed to care for the physical, mental and financial well-being of our employees and their families. Available benefit programs include health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs, 401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details." We need to keep that as prose or list? It's a description; we can put in

    . Could also list benefits but not required. We should not include relocation assistance line (remove). Also remove EEO lines. We should not include "About Us" and "Company Overview". Now decide sections. We could have:

    About the role

    General Summary...

    Responsibilities

      ... duties list

    Requirements

    maybe combine Qualifications and Experience? Or separate Qualifications and Skills? The instruction list includes Qualifications, Skills as possible headings. We could have:

    Qualifications

    High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

    Skills

      list of knowledge and skills

    Working Conditions

    but not in allowed headings list; they didn't list Working Conditions as an option but we could still use? The instruction says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says "e.g." meaning examples, not exclusive list. But they say "Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect only those headings. However Working Conditions is substantive; we could incorporate into Responsibilities or Requirements? Might be better to include as a separate section with heading "Working Conditions" even if not in examples; but risk of not following instruction. The instruction says use those headings for section headings (e.g...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests using those. Safer to include Working Conditions as a subsection under Responsibilities? Could add a

    after Responsibilities? But they said use

    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Working Conditions is a list; we could treat as list under a heading "Working Conditions". I'd include it. But to be safe, maybe we can incorporate Working Conditions into Responsibilities as a list? Not ideal. Given the instruction: "Use

      for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It implies those are the expected headings; but they didn't forbid others. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Working Conditions into Responsibilities or Requirements. Maybe we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits. That covers all. We can put Working Conditions as part of Responsibilities (since it's about job demands). Or we could add a separate section "Working Conditions" but risk. I'll include Working Conditions as a separate section with heading

      Working Conditions

      but note it's not in the examples; but I think it's okay. Let's decide: I'll include sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Working Conditions. Now ensure we don't include empty sections. Now format. We need to output only HTML fragment, no or . We'll output something like:

      About the role

      Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets.

      Responsibilities

      • Unload trucks.
      • Follow company work processes to receive, open and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor.
      • Build merchandise displays.
      • Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves.
      • Restock recovered merchandise.
      • Assist customers by locating merchandise.
      • Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom.

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