BUDTENDER
Full Time/ Closing Shift
Rotating schedule with holiday, weekend and evening requirements
Wanna start making $16 an hour? Our base pay is $12.00 hourly + additional $4 attendance differential hourly pay ***Every 2 weeks schedule if you work exact to the minute you will earn additional $4 hourly pay on top of base $12 pay rate***
Overview
The Budtender will recommend suitable cannabis products to customers, address customers' concerns, and ensure that sales floors are adequately stocked. The budtender will be energetic and have an outgoing personality ensuring customers are engaged. Compliance and Customer service will always be the top priority from this position.
If you are someone blazing with passion for helping cannabis patients and someone who always rises to the occasion of leadership, come grow your cannabis career with BOLD Dispensary!
Responsibilities
- Advises customers on suitable cannabis products based on their needs, preferences, budgets, and reactions to different strains of cannabis to include educating customer on the safe use of their selected product:
- How Marijuana helps patients and the power of different cannabinoids and terpenes
- Marijuana and the symptoms that it can minimize or alleviate
- All Marijuana products (to include flower, edible and tinctures) that may be available and how to direct a patient to use them
- How to recommend the appropriate Marijuana dosage
- How to greet customers and speak with them to understand their needs and recommend the most appropriate Marijuana product and dosage to help them have a positive experience
- The Endocannabinoid system: Learn how this little-known system in your body uses the cannabinoids to help alleviate ailments
- The main cannabinoids in cannabis (THC, CBD, CBN, etc) and what each can do for your patients
- The ailments/diseases medical cannabis can be recommended for and which cannabinoids / terpenes work best for symptoms associated with these diseases
- Understanding of Compliance with Arkansas medical marijuana laws and ensures following the rules
- Provides best-in-class compassionate customer service to the patients and customers expected of all of our Budtenders
- Follows and upholds established policies for sales and customer service to ensure customer satisfaction
- Maintain and continue to learn in-depth knowledge of every product and strain in the store, as well as industry-wide product knowledge, and strive to train and share that knowledge with other members of the team
- Takes inventory of cannabis products and ensuring that the sales floor is adequately stocked
- Assists and flex into helping other areas of the store during scheduled shift when not helping customer:
- Check out customers ensuring correct cash handling and discount application
- Assist in maintenance of an organized and clean store
- Correctly weighing, packaging, and labeling cannabis products as required
- Assist with opening and closing duties
- Other Duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED plus 1 year experience in customer service, pharmacy or retail sales.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to delegate and follow-up.
- Innate ability to lead, teach, present, coach & train in a positive and motivational manner
- Ability to work independently and interdependently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Be at least 21 years of age.
- Solid strategic and critical thinking skills
- Ability to work in a diverse environment with people from various cultures, backgrounds, socioeconomic status, etc.
- Maintain confidentiality requirements and law
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6 months or more experience working with Medical Marijuana
This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen (THC EXEMPT). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
BOLD DISPENSARY is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans and is committed to excellence. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (501) 294-4095 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Pay: $12.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you willing to work closing shift, weekends and holidays?
- Are you 21 years or older? State law requires this?
- Have you ever been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or received a deferred adjudication? If yes please explain.
Ability to Commute:
- Heber Springs, AR 72543 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Heber Springs, AR 72543: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
