Sales Team Lead; Liquor Store Clerk

Overview

Join our team for a rewarding and fun career at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB)! Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service in a dynamic, high-energy environment? Do you enjoy working with people and helping them find the perfect product? The PLCB offers a customer-focused retail role with the perks of full-time state employment. Our Fine Wine & Good Spirits (FW&GS) Store in Pittsburgh is looking for a Full-Time Sales Team Lead (Liquor Store Clerk
2) – apply today!

This role focuses on guiding store staff and supporting daily operations in a busy retail environment. You will help keep the store organized, welcoming, and running effectively. As a Sales Team Lead, you will perform the following duties:

• Shift Leadership:
  Lead store activities during your assigned shift and guide clerks through daily tasks
• Customer Support:
  Assist shoppers by answering questions and helping them locate products
• Sales Processing:
  Operate the cash register and complete sales transactions accurately
• Store Operations:
  Stock shelves, unload shipments, and assemble displays to keep products available
• Team Training:
  Show new or less experienced clerks how to follow store procedures and policies
• Record Management:
  Complete shift reports and handle basic inventory and cash related tasks

If you are someone who has the passion for helping customers, then come grow your career with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board!

• Free
  - Secure
  - Onsite Parking
• Full-time employment
• Work hours will vary, totaling 75 hours biweekly
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position
• Salary:
  The starting salary for this position for new Commonwealth employees is fixed at the minimum salary listed above and is not negotiable
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Six months as a Liquor Store Clerk 1 or Intermittent Liquor Store Clerk (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Six months of retail sales work

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation. An applicant with a felony conviction within the last ten years of their prospective date of employment is not permitted to work for the PLCB, per section 210(c) of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code. Other criminal convictions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

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