Retail Associates

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for a high energy opportunity where you can share ideas and recommendations with your teammates and customers? Where your hard work is rewarded with bonus and growth opportunities? Then Buff City Soap might be a perfect fit for you! We are currently looking for Soap Makery Associates for our Orange Beach store located in the Palm Pointe Shopping Center.

At Buff City Soap, we hand make delightfully smelling soap, skincare and household products, free of harsh ingredients and full of plant-based goodness. We are a fantastic destination for gifts and parties (see ).

• Flexible scheduling for both full-time and part-time associates
• Annual profit sharing opportunities
• Career growth opportunities
• Significant employee discounts

• Provide excellent customer service ensuring all our guests’ needs are met
• Engage with all customers to build relationships and understand their needs
• Make product recommendations
• Multitask related to product production and engaging with guests in our shops
• Assist in maintaining a clean Makery and retail areas
• Work cohesively with our team in an upbeat, fast-paced and fun environment

• Basic computer skills and knowledge
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
• Must not be unusually sensitive to various scents and fragrances
• Dexterity of hands and fingers
• Ability to lift or assist in lifting items and heavy bags/ boxes up to 50 pounds
• Ability to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, twist, stoop, kneel and crouch
• Ability to perform a variety of cleaning tasks to help keep our Makery/shop clean for both our guests and team members

• 4–5-hour shifts and 8-10 hour shifts available along with some shorter shifts
• Weekday and weekend shifts available
• Extra shifts available during holiday season

• High school degree or equivalent (preferred), but we also have some opportunities for current high school students

We’re on a mission to create handmade products that are free of harsh ingredients and full of nourishing plant-based goodies to make your skin and your nose happy.

Most of the trusted brands you wash with are made with detergents, chemicals, and tallow, which is just another name for cow fat. Sulfates, artificial detergents, and parabens can cause irritation, trigger allergies, and have other unpleasant side effects.

That doesn’t exactly say “refreshing” shower or bath to us. That is why we set out on a mission to make bath and skin care products locally without harsh chemicals and preservatives.

We use wonderful ingredients that are safe for your skin and contain ingredients you can actually pronounce.

We handcraft each bar and our other skin care products in what we call our Soap Makeries. Each Buff City Soap location makes products onsite right in front of our guests in a very transparent process that allows them to what they are putting on their bodies.

We keep our Makeries stocked with ingredients like essential oils, shea butter, sugar and charcoal. Even our