Mobile Vendor (Merchandise) Seasonal - 18+
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SeaWorld
San Antonio, TX, US
Summary
The vendor will actively engage with guests to sell merchandise in stadiums and from carts throughout the park. Responsibilities include setting up displays, processing transactions, and maintaining a clean, organized work area.
Job Description
SEASONAL POSITION
At SeaWorld, we're passionate about caring for animals. In fact, we've already rescued over 40,000 animals (and counting!). And we can save you from being stuck in just another job. Join us and help bring joy, excitement, and lasting memories to people from around the world. We're seeking enthusiastic, dedicated, and hard-working individuals to become our Ambassadors. Join us and play an important part on our incredible team!
You can’t put a price on happiness. But you can help people bring home a wonderful reminder of one of the best times of their lives. Ready to connect guests from around the world with cool merchandise? We’re looking for positive, energetic individuals to join us!
What you get to do:
As a Vendor, you’ll deliver exceptional guest service while providing guests with product information and upselling when possible. Your “bottom line” will be to ensure guests have a shopping experience that meets and exceeds their expectations. You will:
- Greet and interact with guests
- Approach guests to actively sell product in stadiums before shows and from carts stationed around the park
- Properly display product being vended, including wearing items such as hats and necklaces
- Actively call out to crowds to positively attract attention to enhance sales
- Set up cart and product displays in accordance with department plans and demonstrate product to encourage sales
- Complete transactions without the use of a register
- Minimize losses due to damage or theft
- Keep all assigned areas clean
- Perform other duties as assigned
What it takes to succeed:
- At least 18 years old (TABC requirement)
- Must be able to repetitively climb stadium steps while carrying vending trays
- Must be able to provide exceptional guest service with a willingness to initiate sales interaction
- Must be able to handle register well
- Must be able to complete and pass all training for Merchandise department
- Must be able to walk long distances
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds
- Must be able to push/pull cart up to 100 pounds
- Must be able to bend, reach, twist, and turn with complete flexibility
- Must be comfortable working around water and animals
- Must be able to work independently with little to no supervision
- Must be comfortable with completing all cleaning duties, including use of cleaning chemicals
- Ability to walk and stand extensively
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors, in a variety of weather conditions
- Must be available to work varying shifts/hours based on business need, to include opening, mid-, and closing shifts; nights, weekends, and holidays
The perks of the position: Ambassadors will enjoy a fun, fast-paced environment, and great teammates, as well as:
- FREE park admission
- Discounts on park admission tickets and passes for family and friends
- Park discounts on food, merchandise, etc.
- Scholarship opportunities
- Exclusive employee events and giveaways
EEO Employer:
SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY OR COVERED VETERAN STATUS.
United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PRKS) is a leading theme park and entertainment company with a world-class portfolio of seven brands across 13 parks in the United States and Abu Dhabi. The Company’s award-winning portfolio of iconic brands includes SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove, Sesame Place, Water Country USA, Adventure Island, and Aquatica.
Our portfolio offers experiences for guests of all ages to enjoy exhilarating thrill and family-friendly rides and coasters, inspiring up-close encounters and educational presentations with wildlife, and exciting shows, concerts, and live performances.
We are committed to wildlife conservation globally, and all three SeaWorld parks, plus Discovery Cove and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, are accredited members of the AZA, one of the world’s foremost professional zoological organizations. Our parks serve as one of the largest marine animal rescue organizations in the world, actively participate in endangered species survival programs, and make significant contributions to science through field research and the study of animals in our care.
Website: www.UnitedParks.com
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Entertainment Providers
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Orlando, Florida