Sales Associate - PT
GNC · Middl River, MD
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Sales Associate - PT
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About the job
GNC, founded in 1935, is a global leader in health and wellness products. The Sales Associate role involves customer engagement, product recommendations, restocking, and supporting store operations, promoting our 'Live Well' philosophy.
Requirements
- Ability to stand for up to 8 hours
- Good customer service skills
- Ability to work varied hours
- 18 years or older
- Physical ability to lift up to 40 pounds
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Strong communication skills
- Interest in health and wellness
- Ability to work weekends and holidays
Full job description
Company Description
As the global leader in health and wellness innovation since 1935, GNC motivates people to reach their goals with the most trusted and exciting selection of products in the industry.
As #TeamGNC, we work hard to ensure that our consumers come first. We are always cultivating and collaborating on new ideas to bring innovative solutions to the forefront and testing new solutions to translate goals into action. Our team members are advocates for change and innovation.
There is no greater gift than good health and no greater satisfaction than helping others to achieve it. Be a part of helping others to Live Well!
About GNC
Since 1935, GNC has been a global leader in health and wellness innovation, inspiring people to achieve their goals with a trusted and dynamic range of products. As #TeamGNC, we prioritize our consumers, constantly collaborating and developing new ideas to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Our team is passionate about driving change and turning aspirations into actions. We believe that good health is the greatest gift, and there's nothing more rewarding than helping others achieve it. Join us in empowering others to Live Well!
What We're Looking For:
At GNC, we celebrate the fact that everyone's journey to living well is unique. As a Sales Associate, you have a passion for discovering customers' needs and goals and creates a unique shopping experience tailored for each customer. Our Sales Associates embody GNC's "Live Well" philosophy--living strong, living long, and living fit. In our stores, everyone plays a critical role in fostering a culture of winning, executing goals at the highest standards, and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce.
What You'll Do:
This is a Part-Time Hourly Position
As a Sales Associate, you will be dedicated to understanding customers' needs and following through in offering meaningful and unique solutions. You are always the first person to welcome a customer when they enter a store, and you are responsible for advising, selling, and recommending products. When you are not servicing customers, you are actively restocking products, maintaining visual merchandising, fulfilling online orders, and performing cleaning duties. In this key role, you'll represent the GNC brand by offering by promoting our "Live Well" message to customers.
- Proactively greet and welcome every customer that visits GNC and create a welcoming environment to attract new and existing customers.
- Ability to genuinely interact with customers to help them choose the right products, as well as making recommendations based on your overall product knowledge and understanding of their needs.
- Drive for results to achieve and exceed store and personal sales and productivity goals.
- Fulfill online orders timely and accurately in compliance with company guidelines.
- Boost product knowledge by learning the features, advantages and benefits. Staying on top of nutritional, wellness, and fitness news.
- Support store management in the opening, closing and operating of a retail store. This includes cash handling, inventory count and deposits, and maintaining store appearance.
Environmental Factors & Working Schedule:
- Must be able to stand or walk for up to eight hours a day.
- Frequent reaching and bending and twisting - below waist and above shoulders.
- Frequently required to use repetitive hand-to-finger motions and reach with hands and arms.
- Frequently lifting up to twenty pounds, occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds. Push/pull up to 20 lbs.
- Ability to climb ladders, reach and bend.
- Work in temperatures ranging from 50 - 85 degrees - especially in our stock room areas.
- Use of a computer up to 60% of the time throughout the day.
Sales Associates are expected to model reliability a flexibility by being able to work varied hours and days to meet the needs of the store. Generally, Sales Associates are expected to:
- Work nights or mornings to open or close the store.
- Be able to work key peak business days/hours including weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
- Work all major U.S. holidays that the store is open.
Sales Associated must be at least 18 years of age.
Benefits Offerings
Compensation Benefits
Opportunity to earn additional income through GNC's Individual Sales Incentive Plan, Holiday Pay on Company observed holidays, 401(k) with 4% employer match (match begins after 1 year of service), 30% employee merchandise discount on GNC products & 20% employee discount on 3rd party products, Monthly Free Product Offers and access to the Employee Assistance Program