Bilingual (English/Spanish) Candidates Encouraged to Apply! ¿Hablas español e inglés? ¡Nos encantaría conocerte!
Join the Marine Home Center team in Nantucket! We proudly serve a diverse community and are looking for bilingual team members who can help us provide exceptional customer service. If you're friendly, dependable, and enjoy helping people, we encourage you to apply.
Nota: La solicitud de empleo está en inglés. Si necesita ayuda para completar la solicitud, comuníquese con nosotros y con gusto le asistiremos.
Reports to: Home Essentials Manager
Position: Full-Time/Year-Round
Summary: The Retail Sales Associate will provide excellent customer service and assist in the freight process, product placement and pricing of all merchandise and help maintain a clean and organized merchandise presentation.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Customer Service
- Provide positive representation of the store.
- Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
- Ensure customers are greeted and thanked upon entering and departing the store.
- Provide a friendly, outgoing demeanor, and collaborate with customers and associates.
- Forward any customer complaint that cannot be resolved 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.
- Other related functions and duties as assigned by Department Manager or designee.
Store Operations
- Assist in creating a positive, professional, and safe work environment.
- Ensure signage is current in the entire store.
- Assist with providing a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and merchandising.
- Communicate any store issue to the management team for follow up.
- Communicate any merchandising, cost control, or sales idea to management team.
- Be professional in appearance and actions.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by the manager or designee.
Inventory Maintenance
- 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, receiving areas, and stockrooms.
- May operate a forklift with proper training.
- Assist with cycle counts and follow up re: inventory issues.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) skills are highly valued and strongly preferred but not required. (Se valoran altamente las habilidades bilingües en inglés y español.)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with intercompany personnel.
- Self-starter with strong problem solving and decision-making ability.
- Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- H.S. Degree or GED equivalent
- Former retail experience preferred.
- Must be able to work well in a team environment.
- Proficiency with computers; aptitude for using computer applications and software.
- Possess good manual dexterity; and ability to bend at waist, squat, kneel, jump, climb, reach above shoulder, and stand/walk for extended periods.
- Ability to lift and move packages of 40 lbs. or more.
- Valid MA Driver’s License and Clean Driving Record.
- Ability to acquire or maintain a Forklift and/or Hoisting License.
This job description outlines the general nature and key responsibilities of the Retail Sales role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification based on the needs of the company.
To better serve our customers and communities, we strongly encourage bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates, military service members, and veterans to apply.
Para brindar un mejor servicio a nuestros clientes y a la comunidad, Marine Home Center alienta a los candidatos bilingües (inglés/español), así como a los miembros del servicio militar y a los veteranos, a postularse.
