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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.

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