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Hiring Details:
Hiring Unit: Le James (McGill Bookstore)
Student Housing & Hospitality Services
Assignment:
Sales Assistant A
Hourly Wage: $16.20 minimum
Position Summary:
Learning Objectives
Le James is committed to offering robust experiential learning opportunities to all casual employees. As a Sales Assistant A, you will gain real life experience in a retail environment. This will include learning to work as a team to offer quality service and products to the McGill Community.
Description:

The Sales Assistant A position, involves performing many tasks, such as:

• Customer Service (which includes, but is not limited to):
• Greeting customers in a friendly manner
• Ensuring customer and staff safety
• Ensuring customers leave with a lasting positive impression
• Assisting in the many facets of order fulfillment process which include, but are not limited to:
• Finding and gathering all items on the web orders assigned to you
• Verifying that all items picked are correct
• Preparing & packing, in a timely manner, all orders that need to be shipped or picked up
• Handing out web orders and modifying the status of web orders
• Shelving books, folding/hanging clothes, restocking and merchandising
• Pricing products, ensuring that all product codes are correct, lifting 30lbs boxes and bins
• Processing sales transactions, looking up products in the database
• Other duties assigned
• Shifts assigned are expected to range between 5 and 8 hours

Requirements:

• Must be a McGill student
• Must be available for 2 days of training
• Must be a self-starter, punctual, organized, efficient and detail oriented
• Must be fluent in English; the ability to speak French is an asset
• Must be able to lift boxes of up to 30lbs
• Must wear pants and sturdy, closed-toed shoes
• Prior experience as a cashier, in customer service, and in shipping is an asset
• Knowledge of French and English. McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English.

This position is covered by the AMUSE Collective Agreement
Minimum Education and Experience:
High School Diploma
Hourly Salary:

• Customer Service (which includes, but is not limited to):
• Greeting customers in a friendly manner
• Ensuring customer and staff safety
• Ensuring customers leave with a lasting positive impression
• Assisting in the many facets of order fulfillment process which include, but are not limited to:
• Finding and gathering all items on the web orders assigned to you
• Verifying that all items picked are correct
• Preparing & packing, in a timely manner, all orders that need to be shipped or picked up
• Handing out web orders and modifying the status of web orders
• Shelving books, folding/hanging clothes, restocking and merchandising
• Pricing products, ensuring that all product codes are correct, lifting 30lbs boxes and bins
• Processing sales transactions, looking up products in the database
• Other duties assigned
• Shifts assigned are expected to range between 5 and 8 hour