Retail Sales Associate - Per-Diem

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Retail Sales Associate is responsible for customer service, sales floor support, and restocking at Fred Hutch's retail stores - The Gift Shop located in the Fred Hutch Clinic and Shine, our DME store located in the SLU House. This position will also assist fitters by welcoming patients for appointments, scheduling support and transactions. This employee will receive and enter inventory into our Point of Sale system, open and close store, process sales transactions, direct the work of volunteers and assist customers with products.

This position will be Per Diem, with shifts available from 8:30am-6pm on Monday-Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturday. Shifts are not guaranteed and will be available only when coverage is need.

Responsibilities

• Manage front of house customer experience - welcoming, sales transactions, store appearance.
• Receives inventory into our POS system -tagging, stocking, inventory management and transferring product.
• Processes sales transactions - assists customers, accepts payment, refunds, and exchanges. Includes opening and closing of store and till reconciliation.
• Create merchandising and product displays.
• Assigning volunteers projects and ensuring tasks are complete and accurate.
• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications

Required:

• High School graduation or GED
• Minimum of two years of retail sales experience.
• Proficiency using a register/point of sale system.
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service both in person and via telephone communications.
• Ability to be sensitive to volunteer, customer and patient needs.
• Comfort working with patients in various stages of treatment.
• Ability to accurately and efficiently enter data into various platforms (Microsoft office suite and databases).

Preferred:

• Point of Sale experience.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $25.53 to $36.37, which includes the per diem differential, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time, candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees access to a retirement savings plan, an employee assistance program, and paid sick leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked).