Job Description

STRENGTH LIES IN OUR DIFFERENCES. TOGETHER THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

Located in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont, The Vermont Country Store, a family owned multi-channel business, has been successfully operating for more than 70 years. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A PART TIME AND A FULL TIME SALES ASSOCIATE TO JOIN OUR TEAM AT YANKEE SURPLUS IN RUTLAND. Our sales associates deliver a shopping experience that creates a memorable and emotional connection with all of our customers. Must be willing to work a weekend day and holidays as the business needs require. 

IF YOU CAN ANSWER YES TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Are you...

• Happy to share your recommendations for great products to our customers?
• Familiar with register operations in order to complete customer transactions quickly, efficiently, and accurately?
• Able to build relationships and engage customers quickly?
• An experienced professional who can turn every meeting into a memorable interaction?
• Passionate about providing practical and hard to find products?

Have you...

• A successful work history with a customer driven business?
• Experienced working in a fast paced retail operation? 
• Successfully worked with different point of sale technologies?
• Consistently met goals and do you always strive to beat them?

Are you ready to...

• Support The Vermont Country Store’s Customer Bill of Rights?
• Oversee a variety of departments to ensure that the areas are clean, organized, and well-stocked?
• Reconcile and maintain the register and register area with responsibility for the financial transactions that occur?
• Start a great career with a well-established and growing family owned business?

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret basic instructions.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Facilitate and encourage good communication with co-workers and customers.
• Exhibit a spirit of teamwork in effectively carrying out responsibility.
• Possess an attitude that the “customer comes first”.
• Demonstrate flexibility and dependability in acceptance of assignments and direction.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Trustworthy and reliable.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.  

The Vermont Country Store provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.