Sales Associate - PT
GNC · East Peoria, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentPart-time
About the role
As a Sales Associate, you have a passion for discovering customers’ needs and goals and create a unique shopping experience tailored for each customer. Our Sales Associates embody GNC’s “Live Well” philosophy—living strong, living long, and living fit. In our stores, everyone plays a critical role in fostering a culture of winning, executing goals at the highest standards, and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers when they enter the store and advise, sell, and recommend products.
- Restock products, maintain visual merchandising, fulfill online orders, and perform cleaning duties.
- Promote GNC’s “Live Well” message to customers.
- Proactively greet and welcome every customer to create a welcoming environment.
- Interact genuinely with customers to help them choose the right products and make recommendations based on product knowledge and understanding of their needs.
- Drive for results to achieve and exceed store and personal sales and productivity goals.
- Fulfill online orders timely and accurately in compliance with company guidelines.
- Boost product knowledge by learning features, advantages, and benefits, and staying current on nutritional, wellness, and fitness news.
- Support store management in opening, closing, and operating the retail store, including cash handling, inventory counts and deposits, and maintaining store appearance.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
Environmental Factors & Working Schedule
- Ability to stand or walk for up to eight hours a day.
- Frequent reaching, bending, and twisting—below waist and above shoulders.
- Frequent use of repetitive hand-to-finger motions and reaching with hands and arms.
- Frequent lifting up to twenty pounds; occasionally lifting up to forty pounds; push/pull up to twenty pounds.
- Ability to climb ladders, reach, and bend.
- Work in temperatures ranging from 50–85°F, especially in stock room areas.
- Use of a computer up to 60% of the time throughout the day.
- Work varied hours and days to meet store needs; generally nights or mornings to open or close the store.
- Work all major U.S. holidays that the store is open.
Benefits
- Opportunity to earn additional income through GNC’s Individual Sales Incentive Plan.
- Holiday pay on company-observed holidays.
- 401(k) with 4% employer match (match begins after one year of service).
- 30% employee merchandise discount on GNC products and 20% employee discount on third-party products.
- Monthly free product offers.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program.