Plant Essentials Inc - Merchandiser Resume Example

This seasonal position involved staging merchandise, and customer assistance. 

• Set or recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, and selling prices for merchandise.
• Provide clerks with information to print on price tags, such as price, mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer number, season code, or style number.
• Inspect merchandise or products to determine value or yield.
• Cut and prune trees, shrubs, flowers, and plants.

Position held between multiple departments, but always on sales with thorough competence regarding POS and inventory systems.

• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
• Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
• Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
• Compute sales prices, total purchases and receive and process cash or credit payment.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
• Place special orders or call other stores to find desired items.
• Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits.
• Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts, and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
• Bag or package purchases, and wrap gifts.

• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
• Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
• Count money and audit money drawers.
• Greet customers entering establishment.
• Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.