We are hiring Retail Key Holders in our Annapolis store! If you would like to express interest, please send us an email at info@chesterrivergourmet.com.
Welcome Home is a beautiful, yet functional, home goods store. We specialize in heritage and craft brands. We stock linen for kitchen, bath, and table, culinary tools, and decor for the table & home. We work with brands such as Garnier-Thiebaut, Gien, Casafina, Lafco, Cereria Molla, DeBuyer, Mersea, and more!
We use iPads extensively. All candidates must be very comfortable navigating this technology. All employees are expected to demonstrate mastery of basic functions in our POS Application, Shopify, within the first 3 shifts of employment.
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NOW HIRING! RETAIL KEY HOLDERS IN ANNAPOLIS
Welcome Home with locations in Chestertown, Annapolis, and Easton is immediately hiring Two Retail Key Holders for our Annapolis, MD location at 64 State Circle.
Welcome Home is a boutique specialty retail store, specializing in goods for the kitchen and table. We are a beautiful, yet functional, home goods store. We specialize in heritage and craft brands. We stock linen for kitchen, bath, and table, culinary tools, and decor for the table & home.
Reporting to the Store Manager, we are hiring two key-holders.
- The first key-holder with a schedule of Thursday - Saturday, 11-5:00.
- The second with a schedule of Sunday - Tuesday, 11-4.
All managers & key holders are scheduled to support holidays such as Thanksgiving Eve, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Christmas Eve.
Please note: Parking is challenging in Downtown Annapolis. On Saturday and Sunday, free parking is available in the Calvert Garage. All applicants are expected to have reliable transportation and a personal game plan for parking. Parking is not reimbursed by the business.
Team Culture
- We’re a small, family-owned and operated business, supported by an amazing team of retail professionals in each of our locations
- We maintain a warm and welcome environment where all staff and customers are welcome regardless of their age, gender, family composition, religion, or identity
- We maintain a smoke free environment
- We’re a fail fast fail safe environment where we encourage our team to help us continuously improve
- We’re business casual, polished, and exceedingly professional retailers
- We’re detailed. We work with specialty products and heritage brands. We treat these special products with love. (aka - we clean and organize a lot)
About The Job
- Support the store manager in the execution of all store operations, merchandising, and workforce planning
- Create social media stories and reels
- Manager on Shift for Staff & Customers
- Consult with, and assist clients in the selection of tableware, table linen, and cooking tools, based on their interests, personal styles, and needs; Support a culture of fabulous customer service
- Receive & manage inventory; lead special projects focused on merchandising and events
- Support training & onboarding of staff; support location hiring & scheduling
- Assist with data cleanup and Shopify (our POS) updates
- Picking, packing, & shipping online orders
- Dust and fold. Restock, count, and organize. We do this a lot.
You’ll gain…
- End-to-end experience in retail
- A warm, supportive, and friendly work environment
- Visual merchandising and product knowledge
- Inventory management and buying insight
- A set retail schedule
- A competitive hourly salary, paid time off, and paid all team holidays
The ideal candidate has retail experience working with home goods, textiles, interior design, or art. Many of our products are craft or speciality. We are looking for a polished professional who is comfortable consulting with our customers on their ideal entertaining style.
All candidates must have….
- Retail experience and a history of cross-category selling
- A passion for design; a strong sense of color and design
- Outgoing yet consultative personality
- Comfort rolling up their sleeves
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent administrative abilities, including Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of local market and customer preferences
- Basic math skills and cash handling experience
- Basic social media experience with common platforms such as Facebook & Instagram
Physical & Mental Health Requirements
- Lift at least 30 lbs and walk up and down a flight of steps at least 4-6 times a day.
- Comfort assessing and understanding facial, physical, and social cues
- Comfortable working solo
- Comfortable multi-tasking
- Abile to manage personal stress and anxiety in complex and sometimes crowded social space
We use iPads extensively. All candidates must be very comfortable navigating this technology. All employees are expected to demonstrate mastery of basic functions in our POS Application, Shopify, within the first 3 shifts of employment.