RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATE - JOLIET

Fruitful Yield; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruitful Yield is seeking a Retail Sales Associate in Joliet, IL to help customers find health and natural foods and deliver excellent service. You will greet customers, operate the POS system, process payments, and assist with stock and merchandising.

The role involves inventory counts, maintaining product displays, and ensuring store cleanliness and GMP compliance. A reliable team player is essential for success in a fast-paced retail setting.

Responsibilities

• Greets customers on sales floor; determines brand, type, and quality of merchandise desired; and assists customers to locate merchandise.
• Acts as cashier using POS system. Prepares sales slip or sales contract, receives payment or obtains credit authorization, and bags merchandise for customer.
• Lists out-of-stock items or special customer needs on need notes or in order books.
• Places new merchandise on display; stocks shelves neatly according to product type, brand and size.
• Rotates stock and checks for outdated goods.
• Prepares and maintains inventory of stock.
• Counts, sorts, or weighs incoming products to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices.
• Examines stock to verify conformance to specifications and checks for damage or infestation.
• Compiles reports on adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, spoilage of or damage to stock, location changes, and refusals of shipment.
• Determines methods of storage, identification and stock location (considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space) and stores articles in appropriate locations according to identifying information such as style, size, or type of material.
• Assists with maintaining a clean store (i.e. sweeping, mopping, washing windows, cleaning restrooms).
• Complies with safety and GMP requirements.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Inventory management

Stock merchandising

Stock counting

Tools

POS system

Job description

Description

The Retail Sales Associate sells health/natural food and products to Fruitful Yield retail store customers and provides excellent customer service by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Greets customers on sales floor; determines brand, type, and quality of merchandise desired; and assists customers to locate merchandise. Displays merchandise, suggests selections that meet customer's needs, and emphasizes selling points of article such as quality and utility.
• Acts as cashier using POS system. Prepares sales slip or sales contract, receives payment or obtains credit authorization, and bags merchandise for customer. Lists out-of-stock items or special customer needs on need notes or in order books.
• Places new merchandise on display; stocks shelves neatly according to product type, brand and size. Rotates stock and checks for outdated goods.
• Prepares and maintains inventory of stock. Counts, sorts, or weighs incoming products to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices. Examines stock to verify conformance to specifications and checks for damage or infestation. Compiles reports on adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, spoilage of or damage to stock, location changes, and refusals of shipment.
• Determines methods of storage, identification and stock location (considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space) and stores articles in appropriate locations according to identifying information such as style, size, or type of material.
• Assists with maintaining a clean store (i.e. sweeping, mopping, washing windows, cleaning restrooms).
• Complies with safety and GMP requirements.