Cobs Bread - Sales Assistant, Opening Shift, Full-Time

Share in something more with a career at COBS Bread

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Shifts

• Priority given to candidates who want Full Time and available to work 2 opening shifts and 3 mid shifts.
• Opening Shift is 5 AM to 12:30PM - you must be able to do a minimum of 2 opening shifts every week.
• Mid Shifts 8AM-4:30PM - Up to 3 mid shifts per week.
• Must be able to work Fridays, Saturday, & Sundays.
• Must be available to continue work into the Fall. This is NOT a summer only position.

About you: The right candidate possesses the following qualities.

• You are a warm and approachable person who raises the vibe around you
• You have the ability and confidence to sell products.
• You enjoy working hard.
• You have an achievement mindset. You demonstrate diligence in delivering successful outcomes in everything you tackle.
• You respond to challenges with a sense of humour and work with your team to build solutions.
• You love people and enjoy supporting them, whether that’s helping a customer find what their looking for or encouraging a team member.
• You thrive on personal growth and possess self-awareness of your strengths and weaknesses.

Areas of Responsibility

Sales & Merchandising

• Greets every customer with warmth and friendliness and engages in conversation to help them find what they need.
• Knows/Learns about the products and can describe them to customers in a way to increases sales.
• Uses sales techniques with confidence such as upsell, cross sell, and sampling on every transaction.
• Creates a beautiful store environment that is clean, welcoming, and merchandised for maximum impact.

Compliance

• Ensure the store maintains and improves upon it’s 5-star rating including food safe, cleanliness and store presentation.
• Ensure all cleaning tasks are completed successfully.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year experience in retail.
• Ability to work weekends
• Demonstrated ability to sell, merchandise, and/or market products.
• Demonstrated personal growth.
• Demonstrated successes and achievement in work life.
• Ability to count cash and provide accurate change.
• Ability to work alone and unsupervised.
• Physical fitness: Ability to lift 50lbs, stand and be active for 8 hours straight.

Why work with us?

• We are a positive workplace where you can grow your career skills.
• Work with a team of people who are fun, humble, and keen to grow.
• Baked Goods: All Cobs Bread employees get up to $15 worth of product per shift.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Benefits

About COBS Bread

With over 180 locations, COBS Bread serves fresh and delightful baked goods to communities across Canada every day. Any unsold items are donated daily to various local charities and food banks. The company's success can be attributed to the quality of our product, the development of our people, and our warm and friendly customer service.

COBS Bread is part of Bakers Delight – Established in 1980 operating as Bakers Delight in Australia and New Zealand, and since 2003 as COBS Bread in Canada and the USA. Together we have grown to more than 700 bakeries across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The entire network employs over 15,000 people, serving more than 2.1 million customers each week.

Accessibility

Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.