Come join our team at the one and only world famous Mars Cheese Castle.
If you're a friendly, outgoing person who enjoys working with great customers, this could be the perfect fit for you. No experience is needed. A positive attitude and a willingness to learn go a long way.
While the position is listed as Retail Associate, we will talk with you during the interview about your interests and what kind of work you're looking to do. Based on that conversation, you may be placed in Bakery, Cashier, or Cheese.
Rate of pay: $14.00
Schedule: Varies. Full-time. Open availability is required, including most weekends. Shifts are typically 4 to 8 hours and may be scheduled between 6:00 am and 8:00 pm depending on the department.
Examples of Tasks:
- Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
- Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
- Prepare merchandise for purchase.
- Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
- Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
- Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
- Maintain records related to sales.
- Answer customers' questions and provide information on procedures or policies.
- Help customers find the location of products.
- Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
- Answer incoming phone calls.
- Assist with duties in other areas of the store.
- Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
- Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
- Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.
- Inform maintenance personnel when equipment is not working properly.
- Reliable and predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
- Any other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager.
Bakery Associate Tasks
- Arrange and display merchandise to promote sales.
- Inventory stock and requisition new stock.
- Place special orders.
- Bag or package purchases.
- Stock shelves, sort and reshelve returned items, and mark prices on items and shelves.
- Portion and wrap food.
- Take and record the temperature of food and food storage areas, such as refrigerators and freezers.
- Store back up food in refrigerated storage cabinets.
- Inform supervisors when food and supplies are getting low.
- Use manual or electric appliances to slice bread.
- Scrape food scraps into garbage containers.
- Load dishes, glasses, and tableware into dishwashing machines or clean manually.
- Keep records of food waste.
- Sweep, scrub, and mop floor.
- Check products for quality and identify damaged or expired goods.
- Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or baking machinery.
- Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets and bake in oven.
- Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- Observe the color of products being baked and adjust oven temperatures and humidity accordingly.
- Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform routine maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the number of items to be baked.
- Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
- Decorate baked goods, such as pastries.
- Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form rolls, cookies, or other products.
- Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
- Order or receive supplies or equipment.
- Develop new recipes for baked goods when directed by management.
Cashier Associate Tasks
- Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
- Exchange merchandise for customers and accept returns.
- Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits.
- Prepare sales slips.
- Bag or package purchases and wrap gifts.
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
- Issue receipts and change due to customers.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
- Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
- Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
- Process payouts to members of management.
- Request information or assistance using paging systems.
Cheese Associate Tasks
- Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
- Ticket, arrange, and display merchandise to promote sales.
- Place special orders.
- Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
- Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
- Stock shelves, sort, and reshelve returned items, and mark prices on items and shelves.
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
- Portion and wrap food.
- Prepare a variety of foods, such as cheeses and meats, according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures.
- Store backup food in refrigerated storage cabinets.
- Stock cupboards and refrigerators.
- Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
- Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
- Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards, and other storage areas.
- Weigh or measure food.
- Inform supervisors when food and supplies are getting low.
- Use manual or electric appliances to clean and slice cheeses, meats, and breads.
- Scrape food scraps into garbage containers.
- Load dishes, glasses, and tableware into dishwashing machines or clean manually.
- Keep records of unpredicted food waste.
- Sweep, scrub, and mop floor.
Technology Skills
- General computer hardware and software
- Point of sale (POS) software
- Inventory Management Software
- Electronic weight scales and label printers
Knowledge
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Mathematics - Knowledge of basic arithmetic and statistics, and their applications (with use of calculator).
- Clerical - Managing files and records.
- Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Abilities
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Dynamic Strength - The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
- Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Stamina - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Rate Control - The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide correctly using calculator.
- Prolonged Standing - The ability to stand on one’s feet for long periods of time throughout a given day.
- Flexibility - The ability to work with, manipulate, arrange tools and utensils in a variety of height levels: close to the ground (squatting) all the way up to high up on a shelf (using step stool or other equipment and reaching).
- Lifting Strength - The ability to periodically lift as much as 50 pounds of weight.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Important: If this question is unanswered, your application will not be considered. "Yes" or "No": Are you at least 18 years of age or older?
- Important: If this question is unanswered, your application will not be considered. "Yes" or "No": Are you willing and able to commit to working on Saturdays and Sundays, as these days will be a regular part of the schedule for this position?
- Important: If this question is unanswered, your application will not be considered. Open availability is REQUIRED in this position. "Yes" or "No": Do you have open availability between the hours of 6:00 am to 8:00 pm daily?
Ability to Commute:
- Kenosha, WI 53144 (Required)
Work Location: In person
