Seasonal Department Associate

Ace Hardware; Raymond (NH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Ace Hardware / Ben Franklin in Raymond, NH is seeking a Sales Associate to assist customers, stock merchandise, and maintain a clean sales floor. You will provide friendly, knowledgeable service and help with pricing and displays to ensure an inviting shopping environment.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, solving problems, stocking, receiving, and assisting with inventory control. Forklift and propane handling training is required for safe operation.

Qualifications

• High School, GED equivalent or attending.
• Retail experience preferred, forklift operation preferred, propane dispensing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide a positive representation of Ace / Ben Franklin.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store.
• Maintain a clean and orderly store presentation.
• Assist with receiving, stocking, and pricing of merchandise.
• Maintain back stock levels and assist with stockroom organization.
• Operate forklift safely with proper training.
• Dispense propane safely with proper training.
• Communicate issues to Store Manager for follow up.

Skills

Customer service

Retail experience

Forklift operation

Propane dispensing

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

COME WORK WITH A GREAT TEAM!

General Summary:

The Sales Associate will assist customers, receiving, stocking, pricing of all merchandise and help maintain a clean and orderly merchandise presentation and overall store cleanliness.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Customer Service:

• Provide a positive representation of Ace / Ben Franklin.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when finished and when they are leaving the store.
• Possess a friendly outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.
• Ensure all pages and calls are answered promptly, courteously and effectively.
• Forward any customer complaint that cannot be handled to a member of management.
• Possess strong product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.
• Assist customers throughout the store with personal, customized service based on the premise of amazing every customer, every time.

Store Operations:

• Assist in creating a positive, professional and safe work environment.
• Assist with receiving, checking in and stocking of merchandise throughout the store.
• Assist with maintaining back stock levels.
• Assist with daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stock room and outdoor merchandise area.
• Assist with providing a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and ad merchandise.
• Assist with merchandise resets through the store.
• Provide assistance to Department Specialists, i.e. price changes, special orders.
• Ensure signage is current throughout the store.
• Operate forklift safely with proper training.
• Dispense propane safely with proper training.
• Communicate any Store Support Center issue to General Manager for follow up.
• Communicate any merchandising, cost control or sales idea to General Manager.
• Participate in store meetings.
• Be professional in appearance and actions.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education/Training: High School, GED equivalent or attending

Experience: Retail experience preferred, forklift operation preferred, propane dispensing preferred.

Physical Demands: Standing, walking, bending, lifting (up to 50lbs) and climbing

Notice to Applicant about this Employer:

You are applying for a job with an independently owned cooperative member of Ace Hardware Corporation, who operates this Ace Hardware store, not Ace Hardware Corporation. The independent store owner alone is responsible for and independently makes all decisions concerning employment related matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. Ace Hardware Corporation will not receive a copy of any applications submitted for this position, and will have no control over interviews and/or hiring decisions, does not control and is not responsible for the employment policies and practices of the independent store owner. If hired, the independent store owner will be your only employer. Ace Hardware Corporation is not the employer for this position. The Ace Hardware trademarks, logos and designs are owned by Ace Hardware Corporation and used by independent store owners under a license from Ace Hardware Corporation.

Ace Hardware / Ben Franklin

15 Freetown Rd

Raymond NH 03077

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.