Hiring A Part Time Sales Associate!

Liquid Assets of Nova Scotia, located at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, offers a selection of the best wine, beer and spirits and ciders produced in Nova Scotia. Our customers are visitors, seeking a unique Nova Scotia-made gift, Nova Scotians traveling out of province, wanting a gift that is not available elsewhere, and Nova Scotians wanting to support local producers.

Sales Associate, Part Time

We are looking for experienced, energetic and positive people to join our team. Ideally, our team members will have previous experience in beverage alcohol sales and/or a genuine interest and practical knowledge of locally produced beer, wine, spirits, and or ciders. Preference will be given to those with industry education and/or experience producing, selling or growing. Bilingual or multilingual ability will be considered as strong assets. This is a year-round part time position; days, evenings, weekends, and holidays will need to be covered, so flexibility is key.

If This Is You:

• You appreciate well-crafted beer, wine, cider and/or spirits
• You have a desire to learn more about the Nova Scotia beverage alcohol industry and want to share what you learn with our customers
• You want flexible hours and a positive mentoring working environment
• You thrive working in a fast-paced environment, have a sense of urgency, and can multitask
• You enjoy being part of a team and have excellent communication skills
• You have mad customer service skills, display grace under pressure, and know your way around a POS terminal
• You can qualify for post security clearance (clean record, bondable, great smile)

We’ll Need You To:

• Assist customers in a manner that exceeds their expectations
• Educate customers with exceptional product knowledge, helping them to select needs-appropriate beverage products
• Make the sale, including packing, wrapping and preparation of products for air travel
• Be vigilant regarding the policies around alcohol purchasing and carry on regulations, and enforce them in a positive educational manner
• Unload deliveries (approx. 20 kg boxes)
• Restock store shelves, including inventory management via post-security processes
• Ensure the store is kept clean at all times; dusting, facing, merchandising
• Offer product tastings in a fun, educational manner, within NSLC regulations of course
• Receive product into inventory, POS administration, point of purchase material maintenance
• Maintain a healthy and safe working environment, dealing with or escalating issues as needed, employing good loss prevention techniques
• Other duties as assigned – from changing light bulbs to attending festivals!

 Basic Skills for All of Our Associates:

• Experience in a fast paced, customer focused environment (preferably retail)
• Ability to see what needs to be done, and then doing it quickly and well
• Superior time-management skills in busy and slow times
• Strong communication skills – verbal, written and ideally within Social Media
• A collaborative people person, with a positive service-minded attitude
• Flexible schedule; we are open 365 days a year
• Serve Right, WHMIS, First Aid, WSET, OHS training all considered assets
• Bilingual Eng/Fr or Multilingual considered strong assets

What We Offer:

• A good wage and benefits package, based on skills and experience
• A fun working environment, interacting with the traveling public
• An opportunity to be part of a unique retail concept in Canada
• Training and Education opportunities

Job Type: Permanent Part Time (Not Summer or Seasonal Positions)

Apply via email to lisa.olie@lqans.com. Include resume and cover letter in .doc, .docx, or .pdf formats only, with your name included in the file name.