Gift Shop Associate - Houston, United States - The Children's Museum Houston

The Children's Museum Houston

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

SUMMARY OF POSITION
We are seeking dynamic and motivating people to work at the Children's Museum of Houston's gift shop.

The associate will be responsible for ensuring the visual appearance of the store high standards of customer service and accurate cash handling.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Customer service: greeting each visitor, offering help, and completing sale transactions.
Register operations: opening, closing, customer transactions, securing money at closing in safe.
Freight: stocking, pricing, putting overstock in stockroom. Doing a daily pull. Keeping stockrooms clean and in order.
Store appearance: dusting daily, vacuuming when needed, straightening, fronting and facing merchandise, and keeping items stocked.
Markdowns: recording on markdown sheet, adjusting inventory in POS, tallying the cost of items.
Café backup: helping in the café as needed (registering, running food, cleaning, taking orders)
Count sheets: counting inventory when asked to ensure accurate level.
Train new employees in all aspects of the gift shop.
Turn in all paperwork nightly (signoff sheet, packing slips, coupons, etc.)

- "Sell" to the visitor, not merely a "hi may I help you" and ignore them when they say "no, just looking"

Yearend inventory
Other duties as assigned/needed

Please note that duties in addition to the ones you have listed above may be assigned.

The list above contains the
Essential Functions of the job & may not be altered without changing the basic purpose and objectives of the position:

EDUCATION REQUIRED
High school diploma or equivalent.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Register experience
Frequent light lifting, 40% to 70% of the time over 5lbs. to 25lbs.
Ability to stand for extended time
Inside Gallery Shop conditions for the majority of work time
Available to work late on Thursday for Free Family Night, some holidays, and weekends a very flexible schedule.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Manual Effort Applied Percent of On-the-Job Time

(Check one) Manual Effort is Applied (Check one)
- _ Negligible Lifting up to 1 lb _ Rare Up to 15% of work time

_ Very Light Lifting over 1 lb & up to 5 lbs _ Occasional Over 15% & up to 40%

X Light Lifting over 5 lbs & up to 25 lbs _ Frequent Over 40% & up to 70%

- _ Average Lifting over 25 lbs & up to 60 lbs _ Continuous Over 70% of work time
- _ Heavy Lifting over 60 lbs

Must be able to stand for long periods.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Inside of Greater Houston Metropolitan Area

X_No travel required

- _Travel is a routine, regular part of job; less than 25% of working time
- _ Travel time is equal to or greater than 25% and less than 50%
- _ Travel time is equal to or greater than 50%

Outside of Greater Houston Metropolitan Area
- _ No travel required
- _ Travel is a routine, regular part of job; less than 25% of working time
- _ Travel time is equal to or greater than 25% and less than 50%