Retail Store Associate

Wild Fork Foods; Plainview (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at an innovative food company where your passion for cooking and customer service will shine. As a team member, you'll be trained to provide expert culinary advice and ensure a friendly shopping experience. This role offers the chance to grow your culinary skills while working in a vibrant environment. With competitive pay and a variety of benefits, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a company that values determination, simplicity, and ownership. If you love food and enjoy helping others, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Culinary Training

Vacation Time

Paid Holiday & Birthday PTO

Monthly Bonus Potential

Free Shipping

One giveaway product a month

Allowance to shop in store

Qualifications

• One year of customer service experience in retail or hospitality required.
• Excellent verbal communication skills with a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a memorable experience to all guests as a Brand Ambassador.
• Assist customers during the check-out process and manage cash register.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Time Management

Problem Solving

Education

High School Degree or GED

Job description

As a Wild Fork Team Member, your focus is to deliver a memorable experience to all of our guests. You will be trained to be a personal chef and friendly butcher to have the highest level of product knowledge to provide customers with recommendations on their favorite dish or protein. In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring proper inventory control to maximize product freshness and availability, replenish low stock items, pick and pack online orders and deliver a friendly check-out experience.

If you are someone looking for a career growth opportunity and you LOVE TO COOK & LOVE TO EAT, we would love to connect with you!

Our Values: Determination, Simplicity, Availability, Humility, Sincerity, Discipline, Ownership

Compensation - $18 an hour plus monthly bonus based on performance

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Be a Brand Ambassador – enthusiastic and passionate about our quality products, educate the consumer on what WFF stands for
• Become a product and culinary expert by giving total effort during our training classes to provide great recipes and tips on how to cook our protein
• Provide a butcher friendly shopping experience by personalizing every step of the way
• Assist customers during the check-out process and deliver an experience to remember
• Perform stocking duties such as lifting up to 50lb, rotating products, ordering, dusting, and cleaning store
• Oversee daily price changes and manage cash register as required
• Process customer e-commerce orders and oversee timely product hand out for deliveries
• Must be able to work in an extremely cold environment- pulling racks, process shipment, and performing monthly inventory in our walk-in freezer
• Performs other related duties

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physically able to exert up to 50 pounds of force
• Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures – walk-in freezers
• Stand/walk for up to 8-10 hours
• Frequent movement within the store to access various departments, areas, and products

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Culinary Training
• Tenure Program
• Higher Education Programs
• Vacation Time, Paid Holiday & Birthday PTO
• Monthly Bonus Potential
• WF Unlimited- Free Shipping
• Chew On This- One give away product a month
• Wild Chef - Allowance per month to shop in our store
• Starting Rate $18/hour

Qualifications:

• High school degree or GED preferred not required
• One year of customer service experience in retail, hospitality, or restaurant is required
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, by showing interest and carefully listening to their needsrequired
• Work with integrity as a TEAM toward a shared vision
• Be determined and deliver superior results with a sense of urgency, time management, and prioritization
• Treat it like you own it –Take ownership and responsibility to be successful
• Acts with respect and values other opinions
• Strong cognitive skills, including problem analyzing
• Enthusiasm and passion for food and customer service preferred
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Show dependability and commitment
• Fundamental math functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Ability to meet seasonal peaks, workloads, and deadlines
• The availability to work a flex schedule, working various hours and shifts, including early mornings, evenings and, weekends/holidays required

EOE, including disability/vets

Due to the nature and job duties of this role, employment-based immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.