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Part Time Weekend Retail & Warehouse Associate

Room & Board
  • Oak Brook, IL
  • $18.50 Per Hour
4 days ago

Job Description

Overview

Spend your weekends staying active, working with great people and helping customers create homes they love. Join our Oak Brook team as a Part Time Retail & Warehouse Associate, in a hands-on role that combines working with our furniture and creating an exceptional customer experience.

 

This is an active role where you'll spend about 70% of your time handling and merchandising furniture and 30% helping customers.

 

Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays, 9:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., with one weekend off each month.

Location: 2525 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523

You bring the following qualities to be a successful Part Time Retail & Warehouse Associate:

  • Stay active and work hands-on with our furniture. Spend most of your shift on your feet moving, lifting, wrapping, staging and arranging furniture and accessories throughout our 9,400-square-foot space.
  • Create a great customer experience. Welcome customers, answer product questions and help them find pieces they love for their homes while keeping our furniture organized, well-presented and ready to shop.
  • Work safely and as a team. Partner with your teammates to safely handle furniture, use appropriate equipment and keep our space running smoothly.
  • Embrace processes and accuracy. Bring attention to detail, curiosity and a willingness to learn our systems and processes while looking for ways to work efficiently.
  • Bring a great sense of camaraderie. Work collaboratively with your teammates, pitch in where needed and contribute to a welcoming experience for both customers and staff members

The qualifications and experiences you'll bring as a Part Time Retail & Warehouse Associate:

  • 2 or more years of experience in retail, customer service, warehouse, merchandising or another fast-paced environment.
  • Strength and stamina to regularly lift and move up to 75 pounds and safely handle heavier furniture with a teammate and/or appropriate equipment.
  • Comfort spending most of your shift standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting and moving furniture.
  • An understanding of safe working practices and the importance of safely and efficiently handling furniture.
  • Ability to pass a criminal background check.
  • Ability to provide proof of identity and legal work authorization upon hire. 

What you'll find working here: We offer a refreshing approach to retail combined with an extraordinary culture. Additionally, we offer:

  • Salary: $18.50 / hour
  • Up to a 4% 401(k) match when we meet our financial goals.
  • Generous discount on our products

 

Application Deadline: The position will remain open until filled; there is no specified deadline.

Room & Board is an equal employment opportunity employer. Our policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or staff member on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, disability, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also prohibit harassment of applicants and staff members based on any protected category, characteristic or status. It is also our policy to comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

 

As an applicant, you have rights under Federal Employment Laws, and your state may offer additional protections. To view applicable laws, visit our partner site.

 

Discover a career designed to be different.

Salary

Numbers & Facts

LocationOak Brook, IL
IndustryRetail
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1980
Websitehttp://www.roomandboard.com/careers

Benefits

Retirement / Pension Plans, Life Insurance, Merchandise Discounts, 401K

About Company

Our collaborative spirit leaves little room for bureaucracy and cumbersome rules. Instead we keep it simple, take accountability, solve problems and ultimately do the right thing. We believe in each other.

Room & Board is a privately held, national retailer of modern home furnishings based in Minneapolis, Minnesota with locations across the country. Since 1980, we’ve been providing extraordinary experiences for our customers as we help them create homes they love. We create exclusive contemporary designs and believe expertly crafted American-made furniture offers the best value in terms of quality, design longevity and environmental sustainability.

We seamlessly serve our customers through 15 stores, a robust e-commerce site, Business Interiors channel and Customer Care support. Join us and love what you do. It makes for a great day at work.

Skills

  • Background Investigationunmatched
  • Customer Experienceunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Furnitureunmatched
  • Furniture Movingunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Merchandisingunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Resolve Customer Issuesunmatched
  • Retailunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Warehousingunmatched

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