Retail Sales Associate (PT, Ag Department)

Agri Supply; Garner (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

PTO

Employee Discounts

Education Reimbursement

401K and Roth IRA

Job summary

Agri Supply in Garner, NC is seeking a part-time Sales Associate for the Ag department to greet customers, advise on merchandise, and process sales. You will cut hoses, assist with stock, and help with shipping and checkout, ensuring friendly, efficient service.

Responsibilities include stocking, inventory management, and helping customers find products. This role offers tuition assistance and retirement plan options with employer contributions.

Qualifications

• Weekend availability is required.
• Some High School/HS Diploma/GED or 6 months to 1 year related experience or training.
• Strong communication skills to make customers feel welcome in-store.
• Ability to perform basic math and understand measurements.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and determine the make, type, and quality of merchandise desired.
• Cut hoses sold per square foot.
• Assist customers with merchandise and provide directions to locations in the store.
• Research items in the catalog and coordinate with purchasing to secure items.
• Load purchases by hand or forklift to register or customer vehicle.
• Display merchandise and suggest items meeting customer needs and emphasize features.
• Prepare sales tickets and write up special orders; follow through on orders.
• Maintain neat, labeled shelves and manage inventory in the department.
• Assist Shipping/Receiving with bulk items using a forklift when needed.
• Train and assist new employees in the department.

Skills

Strong communication

Weekend availability

Customer service

Mathematics

Knowledge of agricultural equipment

Education

High school or equivalent

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Our mission – the reason we come to work each and every day – is to be a resource to each customer we are privileged to serve; to be the inspiration to them by helping nurture and cultivate their professions, projects and passions.

To do so, each of our employees understands that they are empowered to do right by the customer – while providing our customers good, solid products at a fair price; which creates a unique sense of value in today’s world.

Agri Supply - It's What's Inside
We have over 26,000 readily available products designed to keep your profession, projects or passions headed in the right direction. But we are more than a store full of problem-solving products. Guided by traditions of customer service and values established in 1962, Agri Supply approaches each work day with a set of beliefs and values that create a different experience than that of a typical retail store. It is something we call The Agri Way.

Benefits: Medical Plan, Dental, Life Insurance, Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO), Employee Discounts, Education Reimbursement, 401-K and Roth IRA Retirement Plans with Employer Contributions

Location: Garner, NC

Job Id:553

# of Openings:1

Agri Supply is seeking a PT Sales Associate to work in the Ag department.

Why Work for ASC?

• Our hours! We close at 530 every weekday and 5p on Saturdays
• We are closed on Sundays
• TWO retirement plan options with company match!
• Tuition assistance program
• Referral bonuses and so much more!

Job Duties:

• Greets customers on the sales floor and determines the make, type, and quality of merchandise desired.
• Cuts sprayer, suction, and discharge hoses that are sold per square foot.
• Offers directions to other locations in the store and provides assistance with merchandise.
• Researches items and product information in the sales catalog for customers and calls the purchasing department to secure items for customers.
• Loads/transports customers’ verified purchases by hand or with a forklift either to the register and/or to customers’ vehicle.
• Displays merchandise, suggests selections that meet customers’ needs, and emphasizes selling points of articles such as quality and utility.
• Prepares sales tickets, writes up special orders for customers, and follows through on special orders.
• Wraps or bags merchandise for customers, if needed.
• Takes inventory out of stock and maintains adequate inventory levels in their department. Requisitions merchandise from overstock, warehouse, etc.
• May train and assist new employees in the department.
• Passes along information for new stock items to the managers. Informs managers of any quality control problems with stock.
• Performs price changes on items in the department.
• Maintains work area and shelves that are neat, clean, organized, and attractive to all customers, ensuring all items are properly labeled.
• As needed, assists the Shipping/Receiving Department by staging Bulk items with a forklift.
• Works directly with other clerical personnel, store personnel, and management personnel to accomplish job duties.
• Any and all other duties assigned by management.

Qualifications for the position:

• Must have weekend availability.
• Some High School/ HS Diploma/ GED or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong communication skills that can make customers feel welcome in our store.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• A positive attitude and a desire to promptly resolve potential customer issues or complaints.
• Knowledge of agricultural equipment, parts and supplies either by educational program or practical use preferred.

Physical Expectations:
During the job, employees are regularly required to stand, sit, and/or walk for extended periods, use their hands to handle or control objects, and perform tasks that involve reaching, climbing, kneeling, or crouching. The role involves frequently lifting or moving up to 25 pounds, with occasional requirements to handle more with assistance or equipment. Employees must also be able to push and pull using various equipment. Specific vision abilities, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, are necessary. Verbal communication and the ability to hear are also required for safety and coordination.
Reasonable accommodations may be explored to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Notices:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment can get loud at times.
Reasonable accommodations may be explored to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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