Team Member - Montogomery County Area

Blue Moon Estate Sales of Montgomery, Frederick & Central MD; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Flexible schedule

Free uniforms

Training & development

Job summary

Blue Moon Estate Sales of Montgomery, Frederick & Central MD is seeking energetic, hardworking team members for part-time work during the week and/or weekends. You’ll assist in the operation of client sales, interact with customers, and help stage items to maximize buys.

Occasional cashier duties may arise. You should be friendly, punctual, with reliable transportation, able to lift up to 50 lbs, and comfortable working in varied locations and hours.

Qualifications

• Customer service orientation and ability to interact with customers.
• Ability to stay calm in stressful situations and provide excellent service.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to staging and POS procedures.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers during the sale.
• Remove, sort and organize items in clients’ homes.
• Place items for display and stage them for sale.
• Evaluate and apply price stickers or tags to items.
• Control crowds and keep customers out of restricted areas.
• Negotiate pricing under supervision.
• Check customers out using the POS system and handle cash.
• Balance registers before and after the sale.

Skills

Customer service

Reliable transportation

Physical stamina

Job description

Benefits:

• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Free uniforms
• Training & development

At Blue Moon Estate Sales, we pride ourselves in being the most professional and helpful estate liquidators in the business. We search for individuals who are passionate about helping others and who want to share their passion with others. We are seeking team members for part-time work during the week and/or weekends. We are seeking energetic, hardworking, quick learners to join our team immediately.

In this position, you will assist in the operation of Blue Moon Estate Sales client sales. During the event, you should aim to be outgoing, friendly and approachable when on the floor. You need to have the mindset of a salesperson and excellent customer service agent as you are expected to interact with customers. Additionally, you’ll assist with restage items during the event to promote additional buying and aid in the flow of the sale.

Over time, you may be asked to act as a cashier at the sales event. Having quick and efficient cashiers is vital. The checkout area can become a bottleneck in the entire sale so experienced people will be delegated to providing those checking out with expert service. Good people skills, the ability to stay calm in stressful situations and a knack for numbers will be important.

Why join our team:

• Treated with respect and dignity
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Supported in the field at sales
• Variety at work
• Flexible scheduling
• Add 2-3 additional specific benefits your office offers the job seeker (ex. same day pay, competitive salary, medical/dental/vision options, paid time off, travel time reimbursement, paid training, employee of the month, company provided meals during sales, etc.)

What you’ll be doing:

• Interact with customers during the sale
• Remove, sort and organize items throughout clients’ homes, including those in attics, basements, storage areas, etc.
• Place items in a logical manner throughout each home
• Stage items for display, thus creating a pop-up retail shop environment inside of each residence, in line with Stager’s direction
• Evaluate and place a price sticker or tag on each item or lot of items for sale
• Control crowds and keep customers out of specified areas
• Negotiate pricing during the sale in line with Field Manager’s direction
• If assigned, check customers out using our P.O.S. system and accurately input customer and item data into our P.O.S. system
• If assigned, be responsible for handling cash during the sale
• If assigned, balance registers before and after the sale.

What we’re looking for:

• Ethical
• Patient
• Punctual
• Customer service oriented
• Comfortable with learning basic product pricing
• Take direction well and be efficient with processes
• Ability to work flexible hours and in a variety of locations
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must have reliable transportation

Locations will vary from week to week depending on the sizes of clients’ homes and the number of sales happening within two-week periods.