VCS - Retail Sales Associate - Northport NY

Job Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Complying with all safety rules and health provisions addressing safety and sanitation in a hospital environment
• Receiving, inspecting, counting and storing incoming merchandise. Marking/tagging merchandise in preparation for the sales floor. Maintaining a clean and organized stock room in which merchandise is stored according to proper safety and merchandising requirements. Preparing and reviewing daily receiving reports before providing to management for final review.
• Ensuring optimum stock availability by taking periodic stock counts and participating in annual inventories. Keeping management apprised of slow-moving, defective, out of stock or damaged merchandise as well as any customer requests or complaints. Informing management of suspected cases of shoplifting or other internal security violations.
• Bringing merchandise from the stockroom to the sales floor, setting and maintaining Plan-O-Grams (POGs) and special/seasonal displays.
• Working a cash register and maintaining a change fund during peak times, assisting in stocking and restocking vending machines, restocking supply items in the PatriotCafe and PatriotBrew and filling in gaps in coverage when necessary.
• Ensuring compliance with fire, safety, sanitation and security regulations as well as the security of cash, fixed assets and merchandise inventory.
• Performing housekeeping duties in the selling area, such as cleaning fixtures and dusting merchandise.