associate manager

sales associate

assistant store manager

content specialist

assistant manager

Vitamin World

A typical day of work would be completing and filing morning paper work from the day prior containing total sales, transactions, and units per transactions. Compute new daily sales totals, percentage to goal, percentage to last years goal, transactions, and percentages of key items sold. The morning paper work also contains information that needs to be reviewed, such as negative items on hand, price changes,p.o. orders for shipments, and more. Next would be to read, print, and file store updates, new emails from District Manager. From here the store deposit will be made to the bank then filed and any change needed for the store will be gathered. A personal and store sales tracking sheet will be created for the day and constantly updated upon new sales. Then, execution of excellent customer service is critical and must be in accordance to companies standards at all times. Every sale must consist of a program containing 3 items plus an add on product. As a manager I am required to maintain a store performance that meets company goal, maintain a professional appearance, motivate and manage staff in completing their daily sales goal and task. Finally, compute and log individual and store sales performance for the day and send to the District Manager. Execute a register cash count, review starting and deduct starting bank,and make deposit.

I have learned the importance of tracking in the field of business, excellent management skills, team work, excellent knowledge in nutrition, excellent customer service skills,time management, the importance of having a great positive energy in the work place, calculations, importance of being goal orientation, and very aggressive sales experience.

I have managed and worked with excellent co-workers and obtain great friendships with them, outside of work.

I can't think of a particular area of the job as the hardest part, because I never like to think of something as difficult to accomplish. I will say time management is key to completing daily task.

The most enjoyable part of the job is the gains of business, sales strategies, marketing,and tracking knowledge. I also enjoyed the great relationships I had built with customers.

The store manager's position allows you the independence to grow your business. If your figures are not suitable, there could be consequences. Those stores that are shopped are frequently accurate...however, there is always that one shopper that can make a huge blunder. Be prepared to defend your store with evidence. Excessive daily record keeping required by a District Mgr. can take time away from the importance of working with customers. The bottom line in retail are always your figures...customers are so important. Time needs to be spent to make certain inventory is accurate and up to date...inventory is so important. Have eyes in back of your head and watch for theft, both internal and external.Study your product information....and "always" support it with references or personal/professional experience when talking with a customer. Call "product information," if in doubt. You can't know everything because research changes frequently, but know where to find information..books, computer, etc. If you are good at your job, doctors will refer their patients and help you build your business. Keep your stores very clean which includes the air one breathes (fumes,smoking!!!). You are dealing often with sick people (cancer, infections, allergies, etc). Choose a store location that guarantees that cleanliness.Be active in the community and with your other stores. Build a good relationship with your District Manager. Hire a great staff, they will present Vitamin World and you in the proper way. Allow your staff to take turns on the selling floor, otherwise they jump from one customer to another in a mad rush and the customers, store, and company lose in the end. My Best to All From a # 1

PROS- Employee discount.

CONS- WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN..

Be prepared to be called or texted on your day's off for inappropriate reasons AND NOT HAVE YOUR TIME PAID FOR. 


Some calls or texts for example, "why was front facing not done CORRECTLY, why was the toilet not scrubbed, why was the microwave not wiped down, where is the stapler, why are all pens missing, why was the trash not taken out, WHY ARE YOU NOT RESPONDING TO CALLS/TEXTS?"

If you choose to not respond to manager reaching out on your day's off he/she will threaten with cutting your hours due to "lack of communication".

For all the product knowledge that is needed in order to be a satisfactory sales associate, the pay is no more than minimum wage. Management abuse their power of leadership and manipulate associates into giving up commission-able transactions, so sometimes meeting your sales goal is way out of reach. Which leads to coaching reports/WRITE UPS.

The easiest part of this job is selling. This is also the least you actually do during your time in the store..

On many occasions associates had fights and extremely verbally aggressive altercations where customers witnessed and were not happy with the level of immaturity brought on by adult workers.

Management is only amused by these situations and only add more fuel to the fire by bringing associates together "to hash it out" like some sort of high school fight.

Company is going down the drain at a high speed so don't waste your time applying for a company who is shutting their doors any day now.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, be prepared to be framed for THEFT.
Products constantly go missing and associates are the first to be FRAMED.

Throughout my time at Vitamin World I have learned a lot about health and supplementation. There are good programs in place to learn and advance your knowledge. I also currently work under a very knowledgeable manager, in which I have learned a lot from over the past year. I have also significantly improved my communication skills and basic understanding of management. Every day at work I assist various people from all different kinds of backgrounds and have found great pleasure in helping these people. I assist the manager every day in various tasks to help keep track of sales, productivity and conversion numbers, and also send in sales numbers to Vitamin World Accounting.

A typical day at work consists of counting the draw and preparing the store for opening, filling out our monthly sales log, and preparing the daily sales envelope. Once these tasks are completed and the store is open, I assist any customers who visit our store and try to help build them a personal solutions plan to meet their goals. Throughout the day I also respond to emails, clean and re-stock the store, and do inventory checks. 

The hardest part of the job is dealing with new decrease in hours and now there is more time of there only being one employee in the store at times. This can make it hard on busier days to greet and help each customer. Easily the most enjoyable part of my job is helping customers on a daily basis and seeing them return with satisfaction.

It starts with the District Manager the District Manager shows no sense ability towards you as an employee it’s about making numbers she will clearly explain where he will clearly explain that they will cut your hours if conversion doesn’t meet the sales it is hard when you’re working in a tourism location. It seems simple yes I’m a great salesman and I don’t have selling for this business, your commission Sucks as well. I’m embarrassed for the time I worked there I felt like it was a waste of time. I’m a former leader at other retail businesses and I truly would say that leader ship was not a main focus in this business they will use you and use you to make numbers. The District Manager has no respect for who you are. When you’re supposed to have a visit from your leadership team will end up not coming and explain to you oh I need you to do this and do that and then see your your visit cost I want you to take pictures and then they tell you your visit past. I’m not hating some of the associates I’ve worked with were cool but the original team that I worked with ended up leaving the store manager the assistant manager and the three other associates that I worked with because poor leadership. My first store manager at this business got yelled that and told by her District Manager that she was useless in front of employees yelling and screaming at her during a conference call. So yeah don’t work for them don’t waste your time unless you’re trying to make quick money.

The training process was very thorough and it allowed me to feel confident in the products I sold. I quickly learned how to open the store and get all the paperwork prepared for each day. The typical customer came in to improve their well being and my co-workers and I assisted each customer to help them acquire the items that would benefit them. Although there was a certain competitive drive for each employee we still helped each other out if one of us didn't have the full knowledge on something a customer wanted. The management was great and pushed us to be the best that we could be. The biggest takeaway from working this job is the patience and understanding that each customer is different and their needs should be met just as I would want my needs to be met. The hardest part of the job was not being able to answer certain medical questions that someone might have. Although we did offer products that helped certain issues we could not ensure or guarantee that the item they purchased would cure, fix, or reduce symptoms and issues. Overall i enjoyed working for this company.

They gave you a long list of things to do with each customer and called it the "Vitamin World Commitment". It's essentially a laundry list of unnecessary things to do, to scrape every penny from the customer. You are working exceptionally hard to earn a great sale, then some customer comes in with a $2.99 coupon for Calcium. Then the company blames the employees for low sales numbers, when in reality, it's the company's fault for giving out an abundance of coupons. They also do not advertise and expect customers to come flocking in due to annoying email spam. The management needs to get their act together. Natures Bounty excels at manufacturing but after that, it's all downhill. Awful, inconsiderate management and they do not understand how their employees feel. There's also very little room for advancement, unless you somehow manage to get your store manager fired, then you get to sit in their awful shoes. No raises unless your store manages to hit the ridiculous sales goals that corporate sets for them.

We help customer with the products and give them advice about the product. Training is to repetitive and not very good. The commission can be good but with no product in the store we cannot make money and bring in the numbers. Hours have been getting cut  a lot while the company try to save money. We still expected to sell more and do more with less hours. Too much cleaning and un necessary  busy work that is expected from the district manager that takes up time from being able to properly assist the customer. There is to much favoritism in this area and the newer employees are treated and spoken to like small children. The job opportunity in PR has been difficult for some time but the employees should not be taken advantage for this. I'm not understand how this has been permitted for so long. The employees are people to and should be treated with respect. I have been looking for other employment oppurtunity

Vitamin World is a fun place to work but has a lot of short comings. The knowledge I have learned in my time working here has been great, as well as learning how to control business in a small volume store.With a average staff of only 4 people each associate gets a good amount of management experience and you get to know your coworkers pretty well. The down side to working here is despite the stores being lower volume high sales numbers are always required and you can be terminated for not making them regardless of the circumstances. The other major downside to working here is the lack of room to move up in the company. There are very few store manager positions for anyone to move into and if you are able to move into that position you are even more limited in your growth. I do enjoy being able to help people better their heath and help them attain goals, whether its losing weight, getting certain health requirements in check its definitely a good experience.

Days are long. Learning about the benefits of the different supplements and herbals are some of the best knowledge out there especially if you are able to help those that are not able to use perscriptions. The hardest part of the job is not having enough bodies during the busy time and not having the support for training of operations. The most enjoyable part about the job is being able to HELP the customers. The love that is shared of the job and with the customers makes them come back looking for you and gives you the comfort of knowing that you made a difference. When making there visit feel comfortable and enjoyable is always the goal with the knowledge they need to continue with there regerments. Always remember each customer is different and to explain the supplements to them it what they want and need.

I LOVE VITAMIN WORLD AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

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