Summary:

Proctor Ace Hardware is in search of a Food Demo Cook. The Food Demo Cook will demonstrate and sell products and merchandise those products. To promote sales, the representative is responsible for educating and informing customers about products, pricing information, versatility of the products and where they are in the store. All demos are four hours and require one hour of setup and approximately 30 minutes of breakdown. Other duties include merchandising products and coordinating with department managers for product displays. Food Demo Cooks are required to have smart phones where they can utilize our merchandising app. All food demos and merchandising will take place outside our front door. Applicant must hold or be willing to attain a valid ServSafe certificate.

Rate Of Pay: $15 to $17 Hour based on experience.

This Demo Contractor will be responsible for the following Location:

Proctor Ace Hardware

870 A1A N

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

This Demo Cook will perform demo cooks every Saturday and Sunday.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Greet customers enthusiastically
• Provides excellent customer service by answering product-related questions and helping customers locate items representing
• Set up and organize table for demonstration
• Prepare vendor products using Demonstration POS to enhance product display
• Serve samples and demonstrate products and explaining it’s attributes and features
• Maintain friendly, positive, well-groomed appearance
• Maintain professional, clean, healthy and safe work environment
• Provides daily accurate and timely reporting of time worked and sales results
• Responsible for cleaning up workstation area
• Loads, unloads and moves products that are sometimes heavy or bulky
• Responsible for checking on other merchandise in the store to be sure there are shelf tags, it is packed out and monitoring expiration dates.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work for extended periods of time in a standing position
• Requires excellent communication skills, neat appearance, and good grooming
• Prior food service experience a plus
• Eighteen (18) years of age or older
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must have a smart phone with the ability to take and send pictures
• Basic computer skills, a must
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to lift 50lbs.

Company Introduction

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.