Store Associate (Part-Time)

Tigre Géant; Sydney; On-site; CAD 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards

Profit Sharing

Health benefits

Paid time off

Store discount

Job summary

Giant Tiger in Sydney, Nova Scotia is hiring a part-time Store Associate. This role focuses on delivering excellent customer service, handling transactions at the register and self-checkouts, and restocking merchandise around the checkout area.

You’ll work a mixed schedule including days, evenings, and weekends, and you’ll follow company policies on tobacco and lottery sales while maintaining safety standards and store cleanliness.

Qualifications

• What You’ll Bring: Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring a high level of customer service
• Accurately record customer transactions in electronic cash register, mainline and self checkouts (SCOs)
• Replenish merchandise around the checkout area
• Following up on hot selling items and completing markdowns and SKU changes when needed
• Maintaining planograms, labels, tickets and signing standards
• Performing cycle counts as required
• Ensuring compliance of all policies when selling Tobacco and Lottery
• Ensuring health and safety policies and guidelines are followed
• Ensuring the checkout work area is kept clean and organized
• Ensuring Loss prevention best practices are followed

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

Who We Are:

At Giant Tiger, our mission is simple: help Canadians save more every day. We’re a Canadian institution rooted in our communities and built on 60+ years of success. Our store teams are the heart of our mission, making sure every customer has a great experience and finds the products they need at the right price. We’re looking for friendly, motivated people who enjoy helping people and being part of a team — this posting represents a current opportunity at Giant Tiger.

Job Title

Store Associate (Part-Time)

About This Role

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Ensuring a high level of customer service
• Accurately record customer transactions in electronic cash register, mainline and self checkouts (SCOs)
• Replenish merchandise around the checkout area
• Following up on hot selling items and completing markdowns and SKU changes when needed
• Maintaining planograms, labels, tickets and signing standards
• Performing cycle counts as required
• Ensuring compliance of all policies when selling Tobacco and Lottery
• Ensuring health and safety policies and guidelines are followed
• Ensuring the checkout work area is kept clean and organized
• Ensuring Loss prevention best practices are followed

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

When You’ll Work:

A typical full-time schedule will consist of day shifts, two evenings per week, and alternating weekends with a schedule of 35-40 hours weekly. A typical part-time schedule will be a mix of days, evenings and weekends, up to 24 hours weekly.

Physical Demands of Position:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, you can expect to: Stand and/or walk. Bend, twist, and squat. lift and/or move up to 18 kg (40 lbs.). Perform tasks involving firm grasping. Perform repetitive tasks requiring a range of hand motions. Reach above shoulder height and below waist level. Operate equipment, including using a ladder.

What Giant Tiger Offers

Giant Tiger is proud to offer a Total Rewards package designed to support your financial security, health, and career growth. This includes competitive compensation for all employees, as well as comprehensive well‑being benefits for our permanent team members.

• Competitive Compensation: Giant Tiger will consider factors such as experience, skills and internal equity to ensure you are paid competitively.
• Profit Sharing: We provide an annual bonus opportunity equal to a percentage of your salary, based on store performance.
• Health Benefits and Paid Time Off: Access to our flexible, cost‑shared health and dental benefits plan (available after 3 months of full‑time work) and annual paid time off, including personal and vacation days.
• Career Growth: Giant Tiger is committed to developing our people. We promote from within, and many of our leaders started right here. We provide the coaching, training, and support you need to build a long‑term career. If you're looking for a place to grow and take on new challenges, you've found it.
• Store Discount: Enjoy savings at your Giant Tiger store with 20% off children’s, men’s, and ladies’ apparel and footwear, and 10% off health and beauty, grocery, toys, housewares, and eCommerce purchases, applied at the point of sale.

Location

370 Welton Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 5S4

Job Requisition JR133179

Giant Tiger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fair employment practices. Giant Tiger will provide support and accommodation in its recruitment processes to all applicants. If you are invited to participate in an interview and have accommodation needs, please contact [e-mail].

Giant Tiger does not sponsor work permits. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada and maintain authorization for the duration of employment.

Are you looking for a career that will empower you to develop your skills, foster growth and encourage you to challenge yourself in a collaborative and inclusive environment? We are proud to be Canadian, proud to support the communities across Canada, and proud of our continued success for over 60 years.

Check out our latest job openings and you'll see why joining Giant Tiger is exactly what you've been searching for!