Central Market (Houston) Coffee Bar Sales Rep - Part time

H-E-B; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B in Houston seeks a Sales Rep responsible for stocking and selling products to retail customers and maximizing sales through effective merchandising and customer service. The role involves organizing back stock, maintaining clean shelves, rotating items, and ensuring freshness and safety standards are met.

Qualifications include 0–2 years of experience and knowledge of department products; certifications in materials handling are a plus.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years experience typical for this role.
• Experience in retail or food service is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide good customer service.
• Organize, clean, and prepare back area for deliveries.
• Keep sales floor uncluttered and free from spills.
• Stock and rotate items as needed.
• Reset products and maintain shelf conditions and signage.
• Check shipments for freshness, quality, and damages.
• Ensure compliance with regulations for product freshness, safety, refrigeration and sanitation.
• Maintain standards in shrink, safety and inventory control.
• Assist in merchandising to maximize sales.
• Use suggestive selling techniques to increase sales.

Skills

Customer service

Food knowledge

Interpersonal communication

Fast-paced environment

Extreme temperatures

Tools

Materials handling equipment certification

Job description

Responsibilities

Job Summary: A Sales Rep will be responsible for stocking and selling products to new and existing retail customers. Order assigned products to maximize sales. Merchandises, fronts, and sells products by performing the following duties. Work under immediate supervision and from detailed verbal and written instructions. Apply and develop basic skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials, and/or equipment appropriate to area of specialization. Requires some specific product knowledge depending on the Department.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Provide good customer service
• Organize, clean, and prepare back area for incoming deliveries
• Keep sales floor uncluttered and free from spills
• Stock and rotate items as needed
• Reset products and maintains shelf conditions ensuring integrity of shelf tags and signage in department
• Check shipments for out-of-date and damaged product to ensure freshness and quality of products
• Ensure that all federal, state, and company regulations and standards for product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met
• Maintain standards in shrink, safety, and inventory control
• Assist in merchandising the department to maximize sales
• Use suggestive selling techniques to maximize sales

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Typically requires 0-2 years experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of department product, food preparation, and equipment used preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of specialty food products and food preparation essential.
• Strong customer service skills
• Passion for food
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in fast paced environment
• Ability to work in extreme temperatures

Licenses/Certifications

• Materials handling equipment certification

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Must be able to manage in excess of 25 lbs., up to 50 lbs

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 2/1/2004