Team Member

Join our SWEET Team! Do you want to be a kid in a candy store every day at work? Do you enjoy baking, being creative in decorating and merchandising candy, AND serving guests with a winning team? Then this is the job for you! 

River Street Sweets is adding to the family at our King Street, Charleston location! If you have a winning attitude and like making people smile - we are the team for you! We are looking for team members that want to work in a positive environment with a successful company culture! Flexible schedule with day, night, weekday, and weekend options. 

In this position, you have the opportunity to make a competitive hourly rate plus great tips. Tips are not guaranteed and are given at the sole discretion of our guests and distributed weekly as a shared pool among all team members based on hours worked that week. We also offer career growth potential in the form of a salaried Assistant Manager position that may be available in the future for high-performance candidates.

Duties include but not limited to: 

• Review and implement the guidelines provided in the Employee handbook and Operations Manual
• Baking, merchandising, decorating candy for optimal guest experience
• Welcoming and engaging with customers as they enter the store 
• Assessing customers’ needs and suggesting solutions accordingly
• Working with cash registers and processing payments 
• Making candy per given instructions, recipes, and processes
• Setting and attaining sales goals for the store
• Giving customers advice about sales and promotions, upselling to increase sales
• Cleaning and restocking the store throughout the day, before opening and after closing
• Ability to lift heavy merchandise, walk and stand for long hours 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Must be able to use touch-sensitive POS System 
• Able to lift minimum of 50 lbs. 
• Must be able to take direction and deliver on responsibilities for effective and efficient operations 
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with a learning and growth mindset

Work schedule

• Other
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability
• Holidays

Supplemental pay

• Tips

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Employee discount