Seasonal - Cheese Associate

Come join our team at the one and only, world famous, Mars Cheese Castle! Are you a sociable person who loves working around the best customers in the world? Then this position is for you! No experience required.

Rate of pay: $14.00

Schedule: Varies. Most weekends. Open availability is required. Seasonal position.

Examples of Tasks:

• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
• Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
• Prepare merchandise for purchase.
• Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
• Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
• Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
• Maintain records related to sales.
• Answer customers' questions and provide information on procedures or policies.
• Help customers find the location of products.
• Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
• Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
• Answer incoming phone calls.
• Assist with duties in other areas of the store.
• Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
• Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
• Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.
• Inform maintenance personnel when equipment is not working properly.
• Reliable and predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Any other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager.

Cheese Associate Tasks

• Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
• Ticket, arrange, and display merchandise to promote sales.
• Place special orders.
• Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
• Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
• Stock shelves, sort, and reshelve returned items, and mark prices on items and shelves.
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
• Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
• Portion and wrap food.
• Prepare a variety of foods, such as cheeses and meats, according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures.
• Store backup food in refrigerated storage cabinets.
• Stock cupboards and refrigerators.
• Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
• Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers.
• Receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards, and other storage areas.
• Weigh or measure food.
• Inform supervisors when food and supplies are getting low.
• Use manual or electric appliances to clean and slice cheeses, meats, and breads.
• Scrape food scraps into garbage containers.
• Load dishes, glasses, and tableware into dishwashing machines or clean manually.
• Keep records of unpredicted food waste.
• Sweep, scrub, and mop floor.

Technology Skills

• General computer hardware and software
• Point of sale (POS) software
• Inventory Management Software
• Electronic weight scales and label printers

Knowledge

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of basic arithmetic and statistics, and their applications (with use of calculator).
• Clerical - Managing files and records.
• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Abilities

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide correctly using calculator.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
• Prolonged Standing – The ability to stand on one’s feet for long periods of time throughout a given day.

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal

Pay: From $14.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Please reply with "Yes" or "No". Are you at least 18 years of age or older?
• Open availability is REQUIRED in this position. Please reply with "Yes" or "No". Do you have open availability between the hours of 6:00 am to 10 pm daily?
• Please reply with "Yes" or "No". Are you willing and able to commit to working on Saturdays and Sundays, as these days will be a regular part of the schedule for this position?

Language:

• English (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Kenosha, WI 53144 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $14