RETAIL - WINE SALES - FT (80030)

Retail - Wine Sales - FT

The individuals who perform this job provide extraordinary shopping experiences to our guests and stock merchandise. Essential duties and responsibilities including, but not limited to, the following:

• Know and actively demonstrate, daily, our Company Mission Statement and Core Values.
• Maintain uniform standard, as detailed in the Employee Manual, for all worked hours.
• Know and actively demonstrate superior product knowledge.
• Greet guests and engage in conversation with a smile and a helpful demeanor, remembering that the guest always comes first.
• Recommend merchandise based on the guests needs or desires, with a focus to suggest our in-house brands.
• Answer guests questions concerning price and use of merchandise.
• Create client relationships with regular guests.
• If needed, carry product to register counters and carry out products for guests.
• May be asked to run a cash register as business dictates.
• May be asked to receive as business dictates.
• Prepare promotional events as necessary.
• Set up displays or arrange merchandise in floor stacks, on counters or tables, to promote sales.
• Front merchandise and rotate stock for freshness and stock shelves with product.
• Maintain neat and orderly sales floor and back stock.
• Clean shelves, bottles, aisles, and tables; look for product not stocked properly to avoid trips and falls.
• Maintain fresh and readable price tags on all products.
• Provide feedback to management regarding fast or slow-moving product, stock levels, out of stocks, and department needs.
• Prepare sales floor and storage areas for inventory and assist in the inventory process if needed.
• Properly use and maintain computers and RF scanner equipment.
• Seek to continually improve related skills and knowledge to contribute to profitability and productivity.
• Avoid conversations with coworkers when guests are present.
• Limit use of personal cell phone to work related activities only while on the sales floor.
• Carry out directives of management efficiently.
• Fulfill responsibilities with care and attention to detail.
• Practice teamwork and cooperation with others.
• Possess time management skills and be able to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to manage stress in a fast-paced environment.
• Work in accordance with all safety regulations of Specs Family Partners and OSHA.
• Constantly stand, lift, carry, walk, and bend, and reach products routinely weighing 50 pounds or more. Use arms, hands, and fingers to feel, handle, reach, and lift. Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds regularly and up to 100 pounds or more occasionally using proper lifting techniques and tools. Push and/or pull 50-100 pounds or more regularly. Communicate with and understand team members and guests. See product and signage.
• Other projects and tasks assigned by management.
• Attendance and timeliness are required. This is not a remote sales job.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully include the ability to perform each essential duty listed above satisfactorily. State law says you must be over the age of 21 to work at Spec's. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Education or experience in retail sales is preferred, but if you're willing to learn, we're willing to teach you. A high school diploma or a general education degree (GED) is preferred, but sometimes, experience is the best education. Strong product knowledge is a plus. Language skills to read, comprehend, and write simple instructions or memos are necessary. You must be able to communicate with and understand coworkers and guests. Bilingual skills are a plus. Mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in both whole numbers and in fractions and decimals are required. You need to be able to calculate discounts and percentages. Smiley, friendly, and helpful demeanor is required. You need to be responsible, reliable, and committed to providing extraordinary service. Patience, friendliness, and an outgoing personality are needed for success. You need to be a self-starter with a strong work ethic who completes the job assignments in a timely fashion and then looks for the next task. Full-time is typically 35 hours per week. Must be available to work any shift on Friday or Saturday and must be available 80% or more of all shifts each week. Part-time is up to 25 hours per week. We schedule for the needs of our business. Working outside of your scheduled time without District Manager approval is prohibited and subject to discipline. In other words, you cannot decide to make up hours because you missed some time after a night out with your buddies unless your District Manager ok's it. Reasoning ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form is required. Certificates, licenses to maintain a valid TABC Beverage Sellers Permit, and in some cases, a valid Food Handlers Permit are required.