Retail Cashier

Ace-Hardware; Irmo (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Ace Hardware in Irmo, SC is seeking a friendly, outgoing cashier to warmly welcome customers, assist with locating products, and process purchases. Prior hardware experience is helpful but not required as we provide extensive training to ensure success.

The Cashier will handle register transactions, returns, and cash balancing while maintaining a clean front end and well-stocked impulse areas. You will participate in team meetings and contribute to a positive store culture in our neighborhood

Qualifications

• No formal hardware experience required; extensive training provided.
• Cashier role involves register transactions for sales and returns.
• Customer service-focused duties and store knowledge development.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and assist with store layout and product location.
• Process register transactions and returns accurately.
• Balance the cash drawer and follow register procedures.
• Assist in pricing, stocking, and bagging merchandise.
• Maintain a neat front end and ensure promotional materials are stocked.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Communication

Teamwork

Retail knowledge

Store operations

Product knowledge

Tools

POS system

Job description

We are seeking outgoing, friendly, and helpful team members to welcome and assist customers. Previous hardware experience is a plus but not a requirement as we provide extensive training.

General Summary

The Cashier is responsible for register transactions involving the sale and/or return of merchandise.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Customer Service

• Project a positive representation.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers by name, when possible, when they are leaving the store.
• Project a friendly, outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.
• Clear customer checkout lines quickly and efficiently.
• Answer and monitor all calls and pages promptly, courteously and effectively.
• Communicate any problem or issue that requires management assistance.
• Continually build product knowledge base and possess the ability to assist customers with store layout and product location.
• Assist in pricing, stocking, marking and bagging of merchandise.

Register Operations

• Follow all cash register transaction procedures.
• Responsible for balancing of register drawer.
• Adhere to any Store Support Center program or promotion that may require implementation at the cash registers.
• Participate in store and Cashier meetings.

Front End Appearance and Upkeep

• Keep the front end, including checkout areas and entrance doors neat and clean at all times. Face and dust front end.
• Assist with keeping impulse counters stocked and faced, rotate fresh merchandise in as seasons change.
• Ensure fresh ads are stocked in shopping carts at all times.
• Ensure forms and supplies are stocked at all times.
• Assist with decorating the front end according to the Store Support Center program.
• Call for cart pickups when necessary.
• Inform management when merchandise returns need to be put away.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.