Boone, NC: Part-Time Sales Associate
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Mast General Store Inc
Boone, NC, US
Summary
Provide high-quality guest services by greeting customers, identifying their needs, and suggesting appropriate merchandise. Maintain store operations by unloading delivery trucks, practicing loss prevention, and managing department tasks.
Job Description
Description
Mast General Store is a values-driven organization that fosters an environment where employees are encouraged and supported to do their personal best. The company strives to be a part of the greater community by getting involved and giving back. Mast General Store actively supports many causes relating to human needs, arts, education, conservation and preservation. Carrying on the traditions of a general store includes helping our neighbors!
The Mast General Store in Boone, NC is now hiring Part-time Sales Associates for all departments.
Some of the Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Sales Associate include but are not limited to the following:
Guest Services
- Greets the guest when entering the store and/or the department.
- Determines the guest’s needs and provides appropriate solutions, such as offering a basket, offering to hold merchandise at the register, opening a dressing room, offering to transfer from another store location, etc. Establishes a rapport with the guest.
- Emphasizes the selling points (features/benefits) of merchandise and suggests other options if appropriate.
- Reaffirms the guest’s selection.
- Suggests related merchandise for the guest’s consideration.
- Gives directions to other Mast Stores and is able to provide information on local restaurants, accommodations and attractions.
- Thanks the guest for visiting with us.
Tasks of the Job
- Arrives to work on time, as scheduled, and begins work immediately upon clocking in.
- Assists in unloading the delivery truck as assigned.
- Familiarize yourself with weekly ads and promotions.
- Practices loss prevention techniques, staying out of the register pit unless conducting a transaction, and properly moving about the sales floor.
- Performs expected tasks while being fully aware of all activity in the department.
- Demonstrates initiative and looks for other/additional projects.
- Looks for ways to improve the guests’ experience.
Part-time employee benefits package includes PTO at 6 months, employee discounts, bonus and incentive programs and 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Pay depends on experience.
Please complete application by 04/20/2026. No phone calls please.
Mast General Store®, Inc is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Requirements
Applicants must be outgoing ,energetic, and have good communication skills. Previous retail experience preferred.
With roots in the rural community of Valle Crucis, North Carolina, the Mast General Store has grown to include eleven locations in four states. The Original Mast Store was opened in 1883 and carried everything from cradles to caskets. The store is the center of the community and is inspiration behind new “old” locations in other cities and towns.
Called a destination by travel journalist Charles Kuralt, the Mast Store is known for its wide collection of goods – something for everyone from one to 101. All locations are in rehabilitated buildings along revitalizing main streets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. The merchandise includes traditional fashions, comfortable footwear, outdoor and travel gear, country gourmet foods, toys powered by imagination, and over 500 old-fashioned candies. The goal for employees at the Mast Store is to provide quality goods at fair prices with old-fashioned, friendly service.
In addition to physical locations, the Mast Store has an online store where guests can wander virtual aisles filled with the same goods.
To learn more about the Mast Store, including details about employment, visit www.MastGeneralStore.com.
Founded
1980
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Valle Crucis, NC
With roots in the rural community of Valle Crucis, North Carolina, the Mast General Store has grown to include eleven locations in four states. The Original Mast Store was opened in 1883 and carried everything from cradles to caskets. The store is the center of the community and is inspiration behind new “old” locations in other cities and towns.
Called a destination by travel journalist Charles Kuralt, the Mast Store is known for its wide collection of goods – something for everyone from one to 101. All locations are in rehabilitated buildings along revitalizing main streets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. The merchandise includes traditional fashions, comfortable footwear, outdoor and travel gear, country gourmet foods, toys powered by imagination, and over 500 old-fashioned candies. The goal for employees at the Mast Store is to provide quality goods at fair prices with old-fashioned, friendly service.
In addition to physical locations, the Mast Store has an online store where guests can wander virtual aisles filled with the same goods.
To learn more about the Mast Store, including details about employment, visit www.MastGeneralStore.com.
Founded
1980
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Retail
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Valle Crucis, NC