Bartender - Full-time / Part-time

Job Summary

Bartenders are key players in making sure each guest at the bar receives their order promptly and accurately, and leaves with a smile and a memory of unparalleled service. You are a team player at heart. You know that you are only successful when those around you are set up for success. You are eager to be part of an amazing group, and have the ability to inspire those around you.

Job Description

• Experience Required: 0 to 6 months; sales training or related experience
• Experience Desired: Prior experience working in retail, restaurant/bar or related field
• Education Desired: No High School diploma required
• Lifting Requirement: Up to 50 pounds
• Age Requirement: At least 21 years of age

Job Responsibilities

• Smile and greet guests in a friendly manner as they approach the bar, and promote suggestive selling and new/recommended products each time.
• Provide unparalleled guest service, constantly striving to delight and surprise our guests, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Assess guests' needs and preferences.
• Adhere to all liquor sales standards, including asking each guest for identification and assessing when guests should no longer be served.
• Maintain safety as the top priority for our Team Members, guests and products.
• Properly handle products and equipment in accordance with food safety and safety guidelines.
• Straighten and prepare products for display by following proper procedures.
• Ensure proper ordering, receiving and stocking of products.
• Follow proper procedures to ensure store meets out-of-stock percentage goals.
• Rotate and check code dates on products to ensure guest safety.
• Add new items to shelves by moving existing items and displaying products appropriately and in adherence to safety standards.
• Build displays by taking merchandise by flats from back room to sales area and lifting product from flats to displays.
• Make cardboard bales by placing cardboard in bailer and using paper crusher to make bales.
• Properly handle products and equipment in accordance with food and safety guidelines to ensure a safe shopping environment.
• In the produce department: Unload produce items from truck and break down pallets; load flats with proper produce items to be taken to the produce floor and hand stacked; check produce on display for quality by visually inspecting and removing unsellable merchandise from rack; have sufficient knowledge to answer questions and make suggestions to our customers.
• In the health, beauty and wellness department: Educate, demonstrate and advise guests on the ingredients and qualities of products across a range of beauty lines; provide information and advice on the best beauty and related products to suit the guest's individual needs and preferences.
• In the dairy department, maintain stock level by taking products from cooler to sales floor, opening cases and stocking on shelves in the appropriate location.
• In the beer, liquor and wine departments, uncover any potential underage or intoxicated individual and deny the sale of alcohol to that person.
• In the wine and beer sections: Prepare products for display; assist customers with purchases by providing knowledgeable recommendations and suggestions; educate customers on consumption and food pairing; take an active role in building the store's wine or beer assortment throughout the year and at resets.
• Meet and exceed weekly sales goals and track sales daily to ensure goals are being met through continuous selling efforts to guests.
• Maintain audit lists, inventory reduction plans and retail strategies to ensure the most efficient operation of the department.
• Have awareness of shrink - what causes it and how to prevent it.
• Have knowledge of code dating.
• Assist in maintaining back room efficiency by unloading deliveries.
• Actively participate in, and promote, an environment that embraces diversity, inclusion and respect for Team Members, customers, vendors and the community.
• Actively support a culture of safety that includes, but is not limited to, food safety, Team Member safety and customer safety.
• Display a commitment to learn about food and share food knowledge with fellow team members and customers.
• Provide unparalleled guest service, constantly striving to delight and surprise our guests, vendors and stakeholders.

About Us

At Giant Eagle Inc., we’re more than just food, fuel and convenience. We’re one giant family of diverse and talented Team Members. Our people are the heart and soul of our company. It’s why we strive to create a nurturing environment that offers countless career opportunities to grow. Deep caring and solid family values are what makes us one of the top work places for jobs in the Greater Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus and Indianapolis Areas. From our Warehouses to our GetGo’s, our grocery Stores through our Corporate home office, we are working together to put food on shoppers' tables and smiles on their faces. We’re always searching for the best Team Members to welcome to our family. We invite you to join our Giant Eagle family. Come start a lasting career with us.