Bookstore Stock Associate

Company: Hudson Group
Location: South Elgin
Posted on: June 10, 2021

Job Description:

$300 HIRING BONUS FOR JOINING OUR TEAM!

Grow With Us!

Hudson is North America's leading travel retailer. For over 30 years, Hudson has met the needs and wants of travelers in more than 1,000 duty-free, duty-paid, and food & beverage stores. We couldn't serve our customers, landlords, and partners in airports, commuter terminals, hotels, and casinos without the continued support of our greatest assets: our team members. We're dedicated to hiring and training exceptional team members, who are committed to serving the customer as the Traveler's Best Friend. We strive to ensure we're fulfilling our team members' career potentials through training, skills-development, and career pathways - as our team members grow and succeed both personally and professionally, so does Hudson.

What We Will Offer You:
• A rate of pay of $14 per hour
• A 20% of Hudson Employee Discount
• A 50% off Hudson Food & Beverage Discount
• $300 hiring bonus for joining our team!

This Bookstore Stock Associate Job Is For You, If You Would Enjoy:
• Helping others, understanding a customer's needs, and in turn provide an amazing customer service experience and assisting your team with general stock duties such as picking orders and pricing product
• Working at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• Have an open availability and able to work any weekday, and weekends

Your Team is counting on you as a Bookstore Stock Associate to:
• Protect all company assets, stock merchandise in stores and backrooms
• Provides a safe and clean environment for warehouse personnel.
• Places stock orders as required.
• Replenishing, pricing, ordering
• Counts and receives incoming merchandise; reports shortages/overages to management in a timely manner, before required deadlines.
• Counts and completes all appropriate paperwork for merchandise returns to vendors.
• Provides ongoing stock replenishment to the sales floor.
• Isolates, sorts, and organizes all damaged and outdated products for subsequent supplier credits and returns.
• Organizes all merchandise for annual inventory.
• Assists in inventory and reconciliation of inventory variances
• Notify management of out of stock merchandise.
• Assist in stocking of stores and backrooms. (where applicable)

Bookstore Stock Associate Key Duties:
• Acknowledge and greet customers
• Communicate effectively with customers, fellow employees and store management
• Know basic store layout to assist customers in their selection of product and be able to answer customer questions about the entire store
• Effectively operate a cash register
• Follow all company policies, cash handling policies, and special store loss prevention procedures
• Communicate pricing, out of date and inventory issues with management
• Protect all company assets, stock merchandise in stores and backrooms
• Isolate, sort, and organize all damaged and outdated products and returns and inform management of any out of stock situations
• Help maintain a neat, clean, organized store, which includes sweeping, dusting, straightening of merchandise, and trash removal
• Places stock orders, receive freight, load, and unload trucks
• Provides ongoing stock replenishment to the sales floor
• Assists in inventory and reconciliation of inventory variances
• Perform related work as assigned

Required Qualifications:
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with diverse personalities
• Ability to multi-task
• Be able to lift 40-60 pounds multiple times
• High endurance
• Ability to work in environment exposed to the elements, both hot and cold
• Good time-management skills and problem-solving abilities

Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous customer service/ cashier experience in a retail environment
• Prior stockroom or warehouse experience

Some of our company-offered benefits for you and your family include:
• Health & Well Being: Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Various Personal and Parental Leave Programs
• Universal Life Insurance
• Retirement Programs & Matching Employee Contributions: 401K & RRSP
• Employee Recognition & Anniversary Programs
• Training, Development, and Growth Opportunities
• Tuition Assistance & Scholarship Programs

Hudson is an Equal Opportunity Employer of all qualified individuals. All employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, military leave or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or law. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace in which we value diversity and unique experiences, backgrounds and identities. #AF123

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