At Asher's Chocolates, we understand that one of life's sweetest pleasures is a simple box of chocolates. A family-owned-and-operated business, we've been making our fine chocolates and other classic confections for over four generations. Asher's Chocolates offers an award-winning selection of chocolates and other sweets-from assorted pralines to our Chocolate-Smothered Pretzels and creamy fudge. We also have one of the largest (and most delicious) lines of sugar-free chocolates in the country. Our original family recipes began with Chester A. Asher, a Scottish farm boy from Canada, with a passion for chocolates and a knack for getting to the heart of a sugar craving. Always on the hunt for new ways to delight his customers, he was ever perfecting his creations, jotting new recipes down on bags of sugar. Today, we use the freshest, purest ingredients, just as Chester did. Though our company has expanded over the years, we continue to treat our customers and employees like family.

Asher's makes the safety of our Associates our top priority. Safety is everyone's responsibility and it starts with each Associate at every level of the company.

We follow strict manufacturing practices to ensure that we have a quality product. Makeup, nail-polish/artificial nails, highly scented products, clothing contain objects, and jewelry are not permitted on the production floor. Asher's provides safety equipment to make sure that our product is of the highest quality. Appropriate footwear for the specific production area must be wore at all times.

The process of making candy can be challenging. Many factors go into creating our products. The work environment can be hot, cold, noisy, and/or very fast paced. You will regularly work on your feet for long periods of time, have repetitive motions with hands, elbows, shoulders, arms and legs, perform lifting of up to 35 pounds, and be asked to comprehend instructions (written and verbal) in English.

EOE Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits

Category

Retail

Description

Summary

This position is retail store associate position, which requires availability for a minimum of 15 hours per week but may require additional hours during high sales volume times of the year, including Saturday shifts. This is a critical position that allows for use of the following skills: customer service, merchandising, money handling, and sales.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must be able to work in a safe and efficient manner at all times.
• Have a thorough knowledge of assigned retail store operational procedures and processes.
• Provide answers to customer inquiries regarding products, ingredients and/or nutritional values.
• Must be able to prioritize tasks and multitask.
• Capable of keeping store spaces clean, and well organized without having outdated or damaged product (with the exception of 'hurt' products).
• Have a strength in sales and merchandising of products to create an appealing sales environment.
• Ability to record sales transactions, maintain store records, provide accurate money handling, and capacity to operate register system, including: receiving payments by cash, check, credit card, debit card, gift certificate, providing refunds or credits, and providing the proper amount of change.
• Order and maintain inventory of products for sale in the store.
• Capacity to take phone orders with accuracy.
• Rotate product using a first in first out method to ensure optimal product freshness.
• Must be able to provide gift-wrapping services, and/or package products appropriately for transport.
• Ability to understand and communicate verbally and in writing to customers.
• Resolve customer questions and ensure customer satisfaction by either contacting Customer Service or Assistant Plant Manager
• Responsible for following all warehouse policies and company policies/procedures including Safety Guidelines, GMP'S, QA Checklist, Production Standards and other processes as required.
• Must bring a positive attitude (Can Do and What Can I do to Help) to the position.
• Be a positive contributor when interacting with other Asher's team members and customers at all times.
• Perform specific tasks as requested and required by Asher's Management team.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Qualifications:

The ability to read, write, and comprehend English to safely perform all duties and requirements of the position.

Employee must have the ability to safely stand, walk, pull, push, and lift boxes weighing up to 50 pounds to a height of 5 feet either manually, with team lift, or with material handling equipment over an eight (8) hour shift.

Education:

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.

Experience:

1-3 years related experience with the appropriate certificates and/or diplomas. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Knowledge and Skills:

Must possess the knowledge and understanding of retail sales procedures, including, but not limited to: merchandising, cash handling, customer service, and organization.

Travel Requirements

5-10% for specialized events.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

Approximately 95% of work is performed in a retail facility which is climate controlled and may contain allergens. The retail sales associate must be able to continuously walk, stand, sit and withstand working in a retail space with a hard-wood floors, and extreme temperature changes in the range of 60° degrees to an excess of 100° degrees F.

This job description is intended to convey essential information to understand the scope of the job, the general nature, and level of work performed by job holders. This job description isn't an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions, which may be changed from time to time based upon business needs.

Location

Ashers Chocolates Co. -Souderton

Position

Retail Store Associate

Shift

Various Shifts

Full-Time/Part-Time

Part-Time

Close Date

Created By

Amy Prior