Gentle Earth Products Ltd.

Since 2006 Gentle Earth & Island Essentials have been formulating and manufacturing high quality, yet affordable natural soap and skin care products on Vancouver Island. As a leading Island brand we have developed a large loyal local following. Our products are sold through a large number of BC retailers, and we are now opening our Flagship store at Uptown, Victoria. Our vision is simple, to reach out to new customers in synergy with our valued retailers, increasing brand awareness and meeting existing and new customers needs where they shop.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a friendly local employer, we are currently looking for a Sales Associate to join our team at Uptown.

This job role will entail:
* Creating sales and build customer relationships:
* Greeting and providing a high level of customer service
* Familiarisation of our product range and providing customers with knowledgeable advice
* Bringing a positive attitude, and ensuring a professional and friendly store environment for both customers and staff
* Represent our brand professionally
* Understand and support product promotions
* Completing & recording sales transactions

Social Media:
* Promote the brand through company social media channels
* Daily posting with updates about the store
* Encourage customer interaction with our social media channels

Supporting efficient store operations:
* Stack shelves & rotate stock
* Create approved store displays
* Ensure store cleanliness at all times
* Booking in stock and maintaining stock balances through digital systems.
* POS operation and familiarisation.
* Maintaining control over money from store transactions

Employee requirements at all times:
* Maintain communication with company management
* Honest and positive communication
* Accurate multi tasking
* Professional and friendly conduct.
* Reliability and trustworthiness.

Ideal candidate profile:
The Ideal candidate will be positive, confident, energetic, reliable, trustworthy and a fantastic communicator. Passion in providing a fantastic customer experience is vital, while an interest in natural products would be of benefit, although full training on our product range will be provided. Experience working in retail would be an advantage.
You must be able to show initiative and the ability to work independently as well as being a productive team member.

Place of work: 113 - 3500 Uptown Blvd, Victoria

Working Schedule:
Position - Full time 40 hours per week
Weekend working is a requirement, the store is open 7 days a week, scheduling will be provided in advance. Flexibility to work stat holidays is important.

Store Hours: 10am to 6pm Monday to Sunday.

Working hours: 9:45 to 6:15pm (8 hour shift)

Recompense:
$20 per hour plus bonus/commission structure.

Check out our website at www.islandessentials.ca

Island Essentials Natural Body & Hair Care is manufactured by Gentle Earth Products Ltd, a proudly Canadian Vancouver Island company since 2006.

Many will already know and love our products, and now we have created a website and social media entirely dedicated to our Island Essentials Brand.

Check us out at https://www.islandessentials.ca/ and explore our social media:

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/islandessentials.ca/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/islandessentials.ca/

We are hiring!!! Gentle Earth products is looking for a production assistant for soap and cosmetic manufacturing!!!

If you’re interested please reach out to me directly. We are happy to train the right person so even if you are just starting out in the job market and straight out of school we would love to hear from you! The most important thing is enthusiasm, energy and a will to work.

For the right person this role has the ability to evolve into a supervisor position.

Gentle Earth Products is located in Langford, BC. Established in 2009 Gentle Earth Products manufactures natural cosmetics under the Island Essentials branding and natural cleaning products under the Gentle Earth branding. Due to business growth, we are seeking a production person to manufacture a variety of natural cosmetic products to established recipes, including bar and liquid soap. This is a varied job, with a positive happy and friendly working environment.

This job would ideally suit someone interested in growing with the company, with the first couple of months likely to be spent training.

Experience:

Previous experience in soap making is not required as training on the job will be given, however experience in a production / factory environment would be viewed very favourably.

Ideal candidate profile:

Being a natural company, an appreciation and enthusiasm for sustainability and natural products would be advantageous.
We work to GMP, so the ideal candidate must be great at following instructions closely and accurately time after time.

Time management, consistency and attention to detail are imperative to be successful in this role.
This job requires the candidate to be physically fit, be able to lift 20kg plus, and be on your feet all day.
Being a small business you must enjoy working as a team, in a positive and constructive way.
A high level of personal hygiene is required due to the nature of this job.
Confident with use of computers and basic math.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $16.50 to $20.00 /hour

COVID-19 considerations:
Regular sanitization.