Full-Time Retail Sales Associate

Helping grow careers since 1979 and no end in sight! Gordon Food Service Store, the retail division of Gordon Food Service, offers the fast pace of retail in an environment that will let you balance your life and foster development for future growth. Our 174 stores are the primary supplier for many small foodservice operators, including restaurants, churches, day care providers and other small businesses. We also assist our customers with their home and event-planning needs.

We offer the best schedule in retail - Our Store is open Monday to Saturday 7AM - 8PM and Sunday 12PM - 5PM**

Holidays Off - We are CLOSED on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, and Easter

Competitive Pay

Opportunities for Advancement

Benefits - After 30 days!

**Our Florida Stores are open 8AM - 6PM on Sunday

Our Full-Time Sales Associates fulfill a vital role in our Stores including: Sales, customer service, stocking, inventory management, operating a cash register, and maintaining overal store conditions. Promotes, sells, and signs up customers for Store loyalty programs and services to increase customer relations and retention.

Sales Associates engage in the following essential functions:

• providing superior customer service by greeting customers, answering questions, suggestive selling, and assisting with special request and express orders
• ensuring accurate and efficient processing of purchases through the point of sale (POS)
• receiving and merchandising products, ensuring proper rotation and product quality, end cap and planogram execution, top stock, freezer, cooler, and backroom organization
• assisting with merchandising through sequencing, count verification, inventory adjustments, price verification, and sign maintenance
• safely operating power equipment, such as slicing equipment, tow motors, and forklifts where applicable
• adhering to the cornerstone values, philosophy, and applicable practices of Gordon Food Service

Education:

Candidates who are currently enrolled in a high school program, or have a high school diploma or general equivalent degree are preferred.

Experience:

• Retail stocking, cashiering, selling experience preferred
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills and customer service skills
• Must have the ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently or within a team environment. Must have basic mathematical aptitude.
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Basic computer skills, cash-handling experience and experience utilizing general office equipment, POS, RF gun, and slicer preferred

Working Conditions:

The employee is frequently required to lift, reach, handle and move products and items within the store environment. The employee must be mobile and frequently bend, lift, or move up to 50 pounds.

Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.   The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line. Please keep in mind this method is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability.

All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco free.