Customer Service Associate

Walgreens; Hillside (NJ); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in Hillside, NJ is seeking a Retail Customer Experience Associate to greet customers, assist with product selection, and ensure smooth checkout. You will handle transactions, stock shelves, and maintain a clean, well-merchandised store.

Prior retail experience is preferred, and you must be available for evenings and weekends. Responsibilities include upholding store policies, protecting assets, and delivering exceptional service in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Six months of retail experience preferred.
• Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Willing to work flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Engages customers by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services.
• Registers sales on the cash register and processes transactions.
• Recommends items for sale and upsell when appropriate.
• Keeps counters and shelves clean and merchandised; assists with stock and price checks.
• Implements loss-prevention and adheres to store policies and procedures.
• Handles certified regulated product procedures and maintains store compliance.
• Provides photo-area services and web-pickup support as needed.
• Supports overall store maintenance and team collaboration.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

English fluency

Job description

• Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience.
• Registers sales on assigned cash register, provides customers with courteous, fair, friendly, and efficient checkout service.

Customer Experience

• Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.).

Operations

• Provides customers with courteous, friendly, fast, and efficient service.
• Recommends items for sale to customer and recommends trade-up and/or companion items.
• Registers customer purchases on assigned cash register, collects cash and distributes change as requested; processes voids, returns, rain checks, refunds, and exchanges as needed.
• Keeps counters and shelves clean and well merchandised, takes inventory, and maintains records. Checks in and prices merchandise as required or as directed by store manager or communicated by the shift leader.
• Implements Company asset protection procedures to identify and minimize profit loss.
• Ensures compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
• Constructs and maintains displays, including promotional, seasonal, super structures, and sale merchandise. Completes resets and revisions as directed.
• Assists with separation of food items (e.g., raw foods from pre-cooked) and product placement as specified by policies/procedures (e.g., raw and frozen meats on bottom shelves). For consumable items, assists in stock rotation, using the first in, first out method and restock outs.
• Has working knowledge of store systems and store equipment.
• Provides customer service in the photo area, including digital passport photo service, poster print and creative machine, suggestive sell of promotional photo products.
• Assumes web pick-up responsibilities (monitors orders in Picture Care Plus, fills orders (pick items), delivers orders to customers as they arrive at store).
• Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring clean, neat, orderly store condition and appearance.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
• Completes special assignments and other tasks as assigned.

Training & Personal Development

• Attends training and completes PPLs requested by Manager or assigned by corporate.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
• Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evenings and weekend hours

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer six months of experience in a retail environment.
• Prefer to have prior work experience with Walgreens.
• Prefer to be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
• Requires willingness to work flexible schedule, including evenings and weekend hours.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

Salary Range: $15.92 - $18 / Hourly