Production Assistant jobs in Georgia

This Position requires an OUTGOING and HAPPY personality. The Ability to Set up a Tent alone, Pick up and Carry Products in your Car and SELL at an event on an early Saturday Mornings. MUST BE WILLING TO LEARN!

***** To be considered for this position you MUST complete the One-Way Interview that is being sent to your email (2-5 mins from your phone) AND be able to attend a Paid Training on Saturday or Wednesday or Thursday Morning at a training wage of $12.50 an hour ******

Pay is $15 an Hour Bonus for every Case you sell (up to $100) Gas Stipend of $10-$15

This position carries out transportation, set-up/breakdown, sales/distribution of brand products, and record-keeping for farmer's markets, festivals, and/or stand-alone sales sites.

· Double checks vehicle for all necessary materials for markets and loads remaining necessities. Including but not limited to tables, canopy, props, packaging, cashbox, clipboards, transaction payment processing machine, products, and Merchandise.

· While on-site at any Farmers’ Market/event, provides premium sales service to all customers and ensures a high-quality market site is maintained at all times. This includes product knowledge, accurate and attractive signs, and fully stocked and appealing displays.

· While providing samples to potential customers, convey familiarity, assurance, and gratitude while promoting the product. Accuracy is vital in share assembly.

· Site set-up, sales, and breakdown individually or with a coworking Brand Ambassador. This can include setting up tables, canopies, stocking, writing and/or hanging signs, and making the market site ready for sales.

· Attends weekly marketing meetings to maintain knowledge of weekly share, produce source, seasonal availability, growing methods, and fruit quality standards. When live meetings do not occur, check text and/or email correspondence for updates regarding that week’s products.

· Responsible for confirming amounts of outgoing products, accurately recording returns, and making notes of any reasons for discrepancies. Includes tracking discounts, Samples, and product sales. These are accurately noted on supplied notecards to reconcile products sold with income.

· Interfaces with Farmers Market/event managers as necessary and reports to Brand Team Leader.

· Performs other duties as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Passion for customer service or the industry, with an understanding of the Brand's mission.
• Ability to operate professionally and positively in a sales representative position.
• Ability to operate safely in the workplace.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and promote the Brand to customers fluidly and accurately.
• Enthusiasm, good attitude, trustworthiness, personal integrity, and honesty.
• Ability to work autonomously and understand when a superior or peer needs to be involved in decision-making.
• Good attention to detail, being mindful of asset security, state of the market station, accuracy of share assembly, and employee/customer relations.

Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements:

• One or more years in the Sales/ Customer Service or Marketing field.
• Accurate and quick basic mental math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, discount calculation)
• Highly developed communication skills.
• Valid GA Driver’s License
• Ability to successfully pass a background check and other pre-employment screening.
• Availability on Weekends
• Multiple experiences in service and/or sales/marketing positions - Preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to lift and carry up to 30-50 lbs. independently.
• Able to tolerate extreme temperatures while maintaining a good attitude.
• Able to stand for long periods.
• Able to bend, kneel, slide, shuffle, push, and pull safely with 25 lbs. of product.
• Able to work at early hours (7 am) on the weekend and evenings during the week.

Performance Standards: (Utilized to qualify for market bonuses)

• Positive customer feedback about service (and/or low/lack of negative)
• Low/no percentage of discrepancy between recorded sales and monetary calculations
• Maintaining and/or increasing market sales records
• Reliability: no call-outs, day off, and timeliness is a must. 95% or higher attendance throughout the market season (this allows for 1-2 planned vacation days so long as shifts can be covered by a cooperative solution between employee and their direct manager)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Seasonal, Temporary, Contract

Pay: $31,006.75 - $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Shift:

• 4 hour shift
• Day shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Rotating weekends
• Weekends as needed
• Weekends only

Application Question(s):

• Can you work at 7 am on Weekends?

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person