We are looking for a friendly, outgoing and extremely organized person to help run the day to day operations at The Granary. This position requires a motivated individual who has a true passion for all things healthy and is interested in continued education within the natural health industry.
Skills required:
Strong computer skills, experience with Mac a plus
Commitment to exceptional customer service
Excellent communication skills oral and written.
Self starter who takes initiative
Minimum 3 years in a customer service environment
Other Beneficial Skills
Social media and/or marketing
Retail / sales experience
Background in Natural Health
Able to multi task and is not affected by continued interruptions
Bilingual
Duties
Helps customers by providing information; answering questions; obtaining merchandise requested; completing payment transactions; preparing merchandise for delivery.
Promotes sales by demonstrating merchandise and products to customers.
Maintains inventory by checking merchandise to determine inventory levels; anticipating customer demands.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
Maintaining a clean and safe work environment
Providing leadership and guidance to store staff
Developing relationships with suppliers in order to handle, returns, credits, complains and some orders.
Work Hours
Flexible schedule
20 to 35 hours/ week with some evening and weekend shifts.
Full time potential with added social media/marketing skills
Starting wage $12-$14 /hour depending on experience
In store bonus discount
Please forward your resume to dena@granary.ca
The Granary is a small natural health food store embedded in the heart of the Carleton Place Community. We pride ourselves on exceptional personalized service that is unattainable at many larger stores. We are a close knit staff with strong personal relationships with many customers. The Natural Health Industry is a quickly growing segment of retail that requires a constant flow of information. The Granary provides many educational opportunities to its staff. Having staff members that are interested in learning about this ever chaining industry is a priority.
The Granary has recently strengthened its online presence through social media, newsletters and our website. The perfect candidate would have the ability to help maintain the on line marketing strategy. Designing and updating facebook/twitter posts maintain instagram and pintrest. Helping to plan and create content and having the basic social media skills to expand on with training. This part of the position comes secondary to the customer service. A candidate that is able to help on both fronts would be considered for full time employment.
