AQUATICS SPECIALIST Job in Kailua, Hawaii US
AQUATICS SPECIALIST
Are you an animal enthusiast with wisdom to share? Let PETCO provide you with an outlet for educating and helping our pet parents! We have an opportunity for the right person to serve as an Aquatic Specialist. This position ensures that proper aquatic care and husbandry is being provided to our aquatic life in the store and acts as the primary resource in their assigned store regarding all aquatic life education and care. The position will also be responsible for the achievement of the stores budgeted sales goals by driving sales in the aquatic life areas. This will be accomplished by effectively assisting customers in the proper selection of aquatic life and merchandise in accordance with their specific needs. This position will receive day to day direction and coaching from the Companion Animal Department Manager. Other responsibilities include: * Act as primary resource for customers and other store associates regarding all aquatic life education and care. * Provide quick and courteous service to all PETCO customers by determining their needs and sharing aquatic life and product knowledge to suggest the appropriate merchandise to satisfy the customer. Effectively employ suggestive selling techniques to drive sales of aquatic life supplies. Help educate other store associates to effectively perform these tasks. * Placing appropriate aquatic life orders and ensures that all animals are properly cared for from the time they arrive at the store to the time they go to their permanent home. * Ensure that all aquatic life in the store is receiving appropriate care. This includes ensuring that all aquatic life maintenance and hourly animal care checks are completed as required. * Placing aquatic life supply and merchandise orders when needed and place them in the appropriate locations of the store according to established procedures in order to ensure that the store is well stocked and accurate inventory counts are maintained. * Perform routine housekeeping tasks as required to maintain the professional image and appearance of the aquatic area, to include sweeping/mopping the floors, dusting, cleaning the tanks, facing the merchandise on the shelves, etc. * Accurately complete required paperwork in a timely manner within the aquatic department. * Adhere to and promote established safety and loss prevention procedures. * Performs additional duties and projects as required or assigned with or without regular supervision. Education/Requirements: * A high school diploma or GED is required. * Minimum of one year of experience working with and/or caring for aquatic life, both freshwater and saltwater is required for this position. Qualified applicants will possess a high level of knowledge of aquatic life care and a working knowledge of basic merchandising techniques. * All current and newly hired Aquatic Specialists will be required to obtain Certification in one or more animal areas, depending on the store's needs, within the time periods