Sales Associate

Sales Associate – Interstate Batteries

A trusted workplace for team members to be their whole selves  aim to positively impact the lives of all whom we touch.

Purpose of the Job

The Sales Associate provides fast and friendly service by actively seeking out customers to assess their needs and provide assistance. This role maintains the condition of the sales floor, ensuring that it is clean and shoppable, makes deliveries, and tests/install car batteries.

Job Components

• Provide fast and friendly service.
• Actively seek out and take an interest in customers.
• Offer a friendly greeting, smile, and make eye contact with customers.
• Ask open-ended questions to determine customer needs.
• Be knowledgeable about products.
• Advise customers about member benefits, promotions, and sales while answering questions about merchandise.
• Describe features and benefits of merchandise.
• Drive sales by discussing available options (good, better, best) and suggesting related items.
• Set and achieve personal sales goals.
• Assist with inventory, including receiving and stocking merchandise.
• Ensure store is in stock, clean, and shoppable.
• Manage financial transactions.
• Test and install batteries including car/truck batteries.
• May use company vehicle to make local deliveries.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age.
• Previous retail experience preferred.
• Previous delivery driving experience preferred.
• Valid Driver's License and clean driving record required.
• Must successfully complete a pre-employment criminal background check.
• Regular attendance required.
• Ability to work Saturdays and some holidays.

Scope Data

• Interacts professionally with fellow Team Members.
• Exemplify Interstate’s Purpose and Values.

Work Environment

• Position requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, twisting, reaching, stooping, climbing, kneeling, and lifting up to 80 pounds.
• Work involves some irregularities and difficulties with repetitive and varied tasks.
• Primarily retail store setting, but frequently exposed to dirt, dust, fumes, temperature extremes, dampness and battery acid as typical of warehouse environment.
• Stress associated with workplace pressure and the retail environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Interstate Batteries provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Interstate Batteries complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Interstate Batteries expressly prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, military status, veteran status, citizenship or any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal law.