Store Associate

**Job Title: Store Associate**

**Reports to: Restaurant General Manager**

The Front Counter Attendant, under the direction of the Restaurant General Manager, will primarily be responsible to proactively attend to customer complaints in a professional manner. This position will advise customers on food and beverage choices, making suggestions when necessary. This role will also greet customers and discuss type, quality, and quantity of merchandise or services required.

**Essential functions**
- Proactively attend to customer complaints in a professional manner
- Advise customers on food and beverage choices, making suggestions when necessary
- Greet customers and discuss type, quality, and quantity of merchandise or services required
- Maintain a high level of product and service knowledge
- Replace used stock, rotate current stock, and ensure satisfactory inventory levels
- Participate in merchandising and promotional activities
- Ensure store conditions are consistently upheld to established standards
- Adapt communication style in order to deliver information effectively to a range of individuals
- Always maintain professionalism, tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity to portray the company in a positive manner
- Attempt to calm irate customers by explaining the situation while attempting to resolve the issue to the best of your abilities
- Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, trade-in allowances, warranties, and delivery dates
- Take orders from customers and prepare products for purchase
- Ensure that customers are satisfied with the issue resolution as well as the resolution process itself
- Assist with display of merchandise
- Assist with inventory management
- Ensure accuracy in all transactions, inventory, and procedures
- Participate in all manner of store maintenance
- Prepare merchandise for purchase, rental, or lease
- Work in partnership with management and other employees to maximize store sales and in-store presence
- Answer external and internal phone calls and transfer calls to the appropriate departments
- Ensure that all health, safety, and security regulations are adhered to and required standards are met
- Prepare sales and accept cash, credit card, or automatic debit payment

**Work Conditions**
- Extended periods of standing, and other physically demanding conditions
- Lifting, moving, or manipulating objects up to 15 kilograms
- Flexible hours including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Interaction with customers/clients, and the public at large
- Operation of POS system

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Fat Bastard Burrito reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at its discretion contingent on business need. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

**Policy**
- Adhere to all policies and plans through communication, action, and consistent enforcement.
- Effectively and efficiently perform all job functions following policy and leading by example.
- Stays up to date on all training as required and follows all health and safety, and sanitation policies enforcing with disciplinary action as needed.

**Required Skills and Qualifications**
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
- One year of experience in customer service preferred but not required
- Ability to work individually as well as part of a team
- High flexibility with strong interpersonal skills that allow one to work effectively in a diverse environment
- High level of integrity and work ethic

MBI Brands and Fat Bastard Burrito are equal opportunity employers. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.