Sales Team Lead Itinerant (Liquor Store Clerk 2) - Punxy Plaza, West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney

Join the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for an exciting and fulfilling career! If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for delivering outstanding customer service, we want to hear from you. Our Fine Wine & Good Spirits (FW&GS) store in Punxsutawney is currently seeking a Full-Time Sales Team Lead (Liquor Store Clerk 2). This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with customers and assist them in finding the perfect products, all while enjoying the benefits of full-time state employment. Do not miss out-apply today!

As a Sales Team Lead, you will take on a pivotal role during your shift, guiding a team of clerks while collaborating closely with the FW&GS management team. This position entails overseeing daily store operations, which include engaging positively with customers, processing sales transactions, unloading shipments, stocking shelves, creating displays, and ensuring the store remains clean and organized. Additionally, you will be responsible for training and supervising junior clerks, ensuring adherence to store policies and procedures, and providing support in areas such as customer service, cash management, and inventory reporting for your shift. Key Responsibilities:
* Lead a shift effectively, ensuring smooth store operations and providing guidance to lower-level clerks.
* Provide top-notch customer service, helping shoppers find what they need.
* Manage sales transactions with a computerized cash register.
* Unload shipments, stock shelves, and assemble product displays.
* Maintain store cleanliness and ensure a positive shopping environment.
* Provide on-the-job training to less experienced staff, ensuring they understand store procedures and policies.
* Complete shift reports, including accounting and inventory management, and address cash management issues.
* Resolve customer service and product-related concerns promptly.
* Work independently while leading and guiding other clerks.
* Safely lift products - occasionally overhead or from a squatting position from the floor - weighing 30 to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 60 pounds, ensuring both personal safety and product protection.
* Stand for extended periods of time.
* Keep the store clean and organized.
* Utilize scanners, box cutters, dollies, carts, hand trucks, and pallet jacks.
* Follow all legal guidelines to ensure alcohol is sold only to customers who are legally permitted to buy it.
* Work in a friendly, team-oriented environment where every day brings new challenges and rewards.
* Must be willing to travel as needed.

If you are someone who has the passion for helping customers, then come grow your career with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board!

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 75 hours bi-weekly
• Work hours are between 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• This is an itinerant position, requiring travel as needed
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $38,768 (before taxes).
• FREE on-site parking
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
  

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months as a Liquor Store Clerk 1 or Intermittent Liquor Store Clerk (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Six months of retail sales work.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation. An applicant with a felony conviction within the last ten years of their prospective date of employment is not permitted to work for the PLCB, per section 210(c) of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code. Other criminal convictions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.