Main Store: Operations Store Assistant

As a Store Associate at the Exchange, you’ll function as a jack-of-all trades for the store. If you are highly adaptable and enjoy a job where no two days are the same, this is the position for you. Your primary duties will involve merchandising the floor, creating price labels, and updating shelf labels. Therefore, organizational skills and tidiness are important- you are an integral part of making sure our store looks clean and appealing to the customer. Your knowledge of the store will also allow you to provide expert customer service and create a welcoming environment.
We offer flexible scheduling, comprehensive medical, dental, life and disability insurance, paid time off, shift differential/holiday pay, and a traditional pension and 401K plan to qualifying associates. You’ll also have access to the base and its facilities, our Mass Transit program, and status as an employee of the DoD.
So what can you expect as a Store Assistant at the Exchange?

• Follow all safety guidelines and operating procedures
• Deliver extraordinary customer experience by engaging customers and prioritizing customer needs over tasks
• Listen to customer needs; ask appropriate follow-up questions to ensure you offer appropriate products that meet the specific need of the customer
• Able to use computer software to create labels, check pricing, and review plan-o-grams
• Maintaining a clean and fully stocked area according to Exchange guidelines

We know that you can work anywhere. However, working at the Exchange is the start of something great! While you make it easy for our customers, we focus on you and your development! Our people make us who we are. We want to see you grow, so we put growing together at the forefront of everything we do. It is our duty to provide you with the tools and resources that you need to succeed. Joining the Exchange means joining a team that is devoted to you!
Job Qualifications

• Able to learn and adapt to current technology needs
• Able to think quickly on the spot to answer customer questions
• Knowledge of merchandising and price changes preferred  

Additional Qualifications/Requirements:

• Willing to cross-train and work in other areas of the store, as needed
• Must possess a welcoming and helpful attitude toward customers and other team members
• Cash handling experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic computer skills
• Retail experience preferred

Completion of high school or the equivalent. Retail experience. Demonstrated willingness and potential for additional responsibility.


If a sufficient number of qualified candidates do not apply, the minimum qualifications may be lowered without reposting. THIS POSITION IS LOCATED INSIDE THE MAIN STORE. CANDIDATES WILL CREATE A TAILORED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE BY ENSURING PROMOTIONAL AND SALE MERCHANDISE IS DISPLAYED AND READILY AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS. ASSESSES CUSTOMERS NEEDS BY ACTIVELY LISTENING AND PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO MAXIMIZE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY.

Provides high level of customer satisfaction through excellent service. Greets each customer upon contact and/or line of sight. Keeps their needs foremost and creates a welcoming environment, actively engages, and builds trust relationship with the customer in order to deliver a personalized customer experience.
Provides superior sales skills to serve the customer, utilizes and adheres to merchandise presentation standards including, but not limited to, arranging space on sales floor, displaying promotional fixtures, merchandise and signing, completing counts on promotional merchandise, manual price change vouchers, keeping sales area fully stocked, and cleanliness of the area.
Actively communicates/promotes the benefits of Military Star credit card, Exchange protection plan, and other corporate programs to customers to drive sales growth and increased customer brand loyalty.
May assist in maintaining shelf labels. Performs random price verification and initiates necessary corrective action. May provide assistance to customers with completing special orders, online orders, and rain checks.
May operate a cash register or other sales related equipment to enter new accounts, conduct sales, refunds, or similar transactions. May be required to verify and accept multiple tenders for payment and make change with accuracy and zero variance tolerance.
Assures compliance with fire, safety, sanitation, and security regulations, as well as ensuring the security of fixed assets, cash, and inventory. Practices loss prevention procedures and alerts security and management of potential problems that may involve fraud, waste, and abuse.
Performs other duties as assigned.