Sales Associate

About This Role

This sales associate role acts as the primary point of contact for customers, assisting them with purchases and maintaining merchandise displays. It involves a variety of tasks to ensure customer satisfaction and store profitability.

Responsibilities

• Unload trucks
• Follow company work processes to receive, open, and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor
• Build merchandise displays
• Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves
• Restock recovered merchandise
• Assist customers by locating merchandise
• Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom
• Comply with company policies and procedures
• Greet customers
• Operate cash register and flatbed scanner to itemize and total customer's purchase; bag merchandise
• Collect payment from customer and make change
• Assist with ordering merchandise using hand-held scanners, as needed
• Clean front end of store and help set up sidewalk displays when necessary

Requirements

• Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills
• Understanding of safety policies and practices
• Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance
• Knowledge of basic cash handling procedures
• Basic mathematical skills
• Ability to perform IBM cash register functions
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred

About the Company

Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years, helping them save time and money every day by offering frequently used products at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. The company values its employees and provides a wide range of career opportunities.