Thrift Store-Senior Sales Associate - Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida

Thrift Store 

Casselton Corners Shopping Center

2054 State Road 436, Unit 140, Winter Park , FL 32792

Job Title: Senior Retail Sales Associate                         Department: Thrift Store

Reports To: Thrift Store Manager                                 FLSA Classification: NonExempt

Hours: FT- including weekends

Job Summary: Provide support to thrift store manager while demonstrating professional and amicable customer service to all store customers, vendors and internal staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following, other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible and accountable for ensuring the cash drawer is accurate and all transactions are accounted prior to beginning and end of shift.
• Provides assistance to customers in locating specific areas.
• Oversee register area is kept neat and stocked with necessary supplies.
• Responsible for maintain areas of stores, such as clean-up, shelf-stocking and keeping merchandise displayed in an orderly manner.
  • Price merchandise throughout retail store, to include display cases and sale items.
  • Provide BGCCF part-time and volunteer staff with guidance and daily tasks, as needed.
  • Process and provide donation receipts to donors accurately as needed.
    • Inspect incoming donations as needed.
    • Responsible for maintain retail area to ensure safety in the workplace at all times.
      • Abide by all company safety and hygiene regulations;
      • Ensure restrooms and retail floors are cleaned at all times;
      • Check and maintain all dressing rooms clear of merchandise and return merchandise to appropriate area.
      • Contribute ideas on ways to improve or optimize retail store procedures.
      • Greet customers entering establishments.
      • Provide support and act as back up cashier as needed, which include, but not limited to:
        • Enters purchases into cash register to calculate total purchase price.
        • Counts and issues change; issues receipts for purchased price.
        • Accepts cash or bankcards for payment; completes bankcard transactions according to established procedure.
        • Maintains sufficient amounts of change in cash drawer.
        • Balances cash drawer and receipts; documents discrepancies.
        • Calculates discounts or references; requests customer identification for certain discounts and receipts as requires.
        • Perform other duties as required.

Educations: Minimum of a high school diploma or GED, preferred.

Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in a cashier or retail store function.

• Must have knowledge of basic arithmetic.
• Must be skilled in handling and counting cash.
• Demonstrated ability to work effortlessly and professionally in a demanding customer service role.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve and address customer service issues in an expedient and efficient manner.
• Excellent oral communication skills, interpersonal and social skills and the ability to work and collaborate with internal staff and external parties.
• Must demonstrate the following skills:
  • Time management;
  • Conflict and problem solving skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Ability to provide guidance and training to employees and volunteers.

Computer Literacy: Basic computer knowledge.

Financial Responsibility: Responsible fordaily cash drawer before and after shift, this requires for all transactions are reported and accounted for per store procedures. All merchandise is correctly priced throughout retail store.

Contacts: Ability to get along with diverse persons and personalities; strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively under demanding circumstances; high level of professionalism.

Internal: Maintains close contact with thrift store personnel and is required to project professional behavior at all times.
External: Provides professional and amicable customer service to individual donors, prospective customers and vendors providing third party services for the store.

Judgment and Decision Making: Strong organizational and problem-solving skills including the ability to maintain working area clear and clean of clutter. Organize multiple proprieties and a high volume of work. Attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Physical Requirements / Work Environment: Ability to maneuver furniture, and/or any other items in store of less than 25 lbs. with appropriate equipment and/or assistance from another person. Position can be physically demanding, requiring long hours, standing, walking, stooping and physical agility and dexterity.

Working environment: Retail store environment. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer 
The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

We kindly request that applicants refrain from contacting us regarding the status of their application. Our team will diligently review all submissions and will reach out to candidates who best match our requirements.