Zest Billings, LLC Culinary Instructor Billings, MT · Part time

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Retail Sales Associate Job Responsibilities:

• Provides an exceptional customer experience according to customer service standards. Proactively seeks out customers in order to determine needs and sell items
• Manages the complete operations of the kitchen. Maintains proper storage, prep and service procedures and maintains all equipment and workspaces to ensure sanitary conditions
• Represents the culinary program in the community by building relationships with local restaurants and developing new class content in partnership with the Managing Member
• Seeks opportunities to increase cooking class and retail sales and works with MM to engage retail employees
• Develops, plans and executes cooking class content, including creating recipe booklets, posting class announcements to website and social media accounts, and managing bookings
• Stays informed by maintaining product knowledge, accesses available training and seeks out additional resources when necessary
• Consistently follows all Zest Billings LLC policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Greets and receives customers in a welcoming manner
• Processes a variety of transactions accurately and efficiently via the Point of Sales System (POS) including, but not limited to, sales, returns, online order fulfillment, price checks etc
• Records time worked, accurately and according to Zest Billings policy
• Alerts management of potential security and safety issues
• Ensures the safety of customers, employees, and company assets. Notifies MM of any and all safety risks
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Essential Functions

• Ability to communicate verbally and work cooperatively with employees and customers
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 3 hours at a time
• Ability to move about the workplace selling to customers and retrieving merchandise from storage and/or sales floor
• Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch in order to demonstrate, retrieve and/or replenish merchandise
• Ability to work a varied schedule including nights and weekends as business dictates
• Ability to ascend/descend stairs and ladders in order to retrieve and/or move merchandise
• Ability to work a varied schedule in order to teach classes at different times of the day, week and year
• Ability to operate a computer, POS system, keyboards, merchandise scanners and mouse in order to accomplish work.
• Regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
• Ability to lift and/or move merchandise weighing up to 35 lbs

Relevant Work Experience

We know that great chefs come from many different backgrounds, but experience in managing a commercial kitchen is key to this position. Candidates with 3 years of commercial kitchen experience, with at least 1 of those years being in management, will be given preference.

 Work Hours and Benefits

Benefits (eligible after 3 months): 

• Paid sick leave
• Employee discount
• 401k match up to 4%
• Direct primary care plan, dental, and vision
• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance policy
• Flexible and supportive work environment.

This position is for 24-32 hours per week. Candidates must be available both weekends and weekdays and some evenings for special events. We post schedules one month at a time, and most of our employees work the same shifts from week to week.