Student - Mercantile Store Clerk
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Salem Academy and College
NC
Summary
The Mercantile Store Clerk assists customers with purchases, provides product recommendations, and processes sales transactions. They are also responsible for maintaining store displays, restocking merchandise, and performing general cleaning duties.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: Salem Academy and College - Winston Salem, NC, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: High School, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Category: General Labor, Title: College – Mercantile Store Clerk
Position Summary
The Mercantile Store Clerk is responsible for assisting customers with items in the Mercantile, answering customer questions, assisting customers with purchase decisions, and completing sales transactions. They also help with checking in merchandise and restocking items in the store.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Welcoming and engaging with customers as they enter the Mercantile
Assessing customers’ needs and suggesting solutions to their problems
Working with cash registers and processing payments
Giving customers advice about sales, promotions, and recommending best products
Using upselling techniques to increase store sales
Assisting in maintaining and setting up merchandise displays on the sales floor
Assisting with promotions, sale events, and social media posts
Cleaning and restocking the store throughout the day, before opening and after closing
Other duties as needed
Qualifications: Required Qualifications
Strong customer service skills including effective communication
Ability to prioritize and organize workload
Ability to work independently
Physical Functions
While performing the responsibilities of the Mercantile Store Clerk, the employee is required to sit for varying lengths of time; bend, reach, lift, push, and pull up to 25 pounds; occasionally stand, walk, and kneel and regularly ascend/descend stairs; use hands and fingers to handle or feel and manipulate keys on a keyboard; perform extended periods of work at a computer workstation, view a computer monitor; perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and receive detailed information through oral communication; express and exchange ideas by means of spoken word; and work in an office setting.
Salem College is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.
