Sales Associate

We are seeking an outgoing, friendly, and helpful Sales Associate to join the team at Back Forty Ace Hardware
. As a Sales Associate, you'll work directly with customers to provide helpful service, answer questions, and assist them in finding the products they need for their projects.

Previous hardware or retail experience is a plus, but not required. We believe a helpful attitude and willingness to learn are just as important, and we provide training to help you succeed.

At Back Forty Ace Hardware
, we're independently owned and operated, and helping our community is at the heart of what we do. We strive to go the extra mile for our customers, helping neighbors with their projects and providing the kind of personal service you expect from a hometown hardware store.

What You'll Do:

• Welcome customers and provide friendly, helpful service.
• Assist customers in finding products and solutions for their projects.
• Learn about hardware and home improvement products to better assist customers.
• Help stock merchandise and maintain organized, well-presented departments.
• Assist with merchandising, pricing, and maintaining store standards.
• Help maintain a clean, safe, organized, and welcoming store environment.
• Assist at the register when needed.
• Support fellow team members and jump in wherever help is needed.
• Help ensure every customer leaves with a positive experience.

What We're Looking For:

• Friendly, outgoing, and customer-focused personality.
• Dependable with a strong work ethic.
• Willingness to learn about hardware and home improvement products.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.

Work/Life Balance

We respect that our team members have lives outside of work. We believe in clear communication and planning ahead, and schedules are posted in advance whenever possible.

Learn and Grow With Us

No hardware experience? No problem. We provide training to help you build product knowledge, customer service skills, and confidence. Whether you're looking for a flexible job or an opportunity to grow within the company, we want to help you succeed.

Why Join Us?

At Back Forty Ace Hardware
, you'll be part of a locally owned team focused on serving our customers and community. You'll work in a fast-paced, supportive environment where being helpful matters and every team member can make a difference.

What We Provide

• Employee discounts on products
• Training and development opportunities

Back Forty Ace Hardware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free environment.

Notice to Applicant about this

Employer:

You are applying for a job with an independently owned and operated cooperative member of Ace Hardware Corporation, who owns and operates this Ace Hardware retail store location.

Ace Hardware Corporation is not the employer for this position. The independent store owner alone is responsible for and independently makes all decisions concerning employment related matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling.

Ace Hardware Corporation will not receive a copy of any applications submitted for this position, does not control interviews and/or hiring decisions, and has no control over or responsibility for the employment policies and practices of the independent store owner. If hired, the independent store owner will be your only employer. The Ace Hardware trademarks, logos and designs are owned by Ace Hardware Corporation and used by independent store owners under a license from Ace Hardware Corporation

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those store locals are... just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace is like a visit to your neighbor.