Retail Sales Associate

Attention Foodies! Do you love experimenting with flavors and creating new recipes? Do you appreciate high-quality teas, gourmet spice blends, and artisanal salts and sugars? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want you to join our team at The Spice & Tea Exchange!

We are seeking enthusiastic Retail Flavor Experts to work at our Gatlinburg location. As a member of our team, you will be immersed in a fun, creative, and supportive environment that is all about food.

Responsibilities of a Retail Flavor Expert include providing stellar customer service to guests, maintaining inventory levels and pricing products, blending and packaging items, and staying up-to-date on product knowledge. You will also have the opportunity to utilize your math skills by measuring ingredients and following recipes.

If you have a proven track record of excellent customer service and strong communication skills, we encourage you to apply. You will have the chance to work in a unique and dynamic retail environment. Please note that this franchise is independently owned and operated, and all hiring decisions are made by the franchisee management.
Join us at The Spice & Tea Exchange® and embark on a flavorful journey!

We create and share the experience every day! Life is better lived with a little spice.
The Spice & Tea Exchange ® was founded in 2008, by a group of talented individuals with a passion for life and food. What started as a small shop St. Augustine, Florida, has quickly grown into a nation-wide franchise powered by flavor, passionate franchise owners, and a desire to bring flavorful ingredients to your kitchen. Our franchise owners are the #1 REASON for what we do, and our team is a close-knit family you’d enjoy sitting with around the dinner table.

"Creating & sharing the experience of a more flavorful life," is the mission and cornerstone of our business, in which we strive to provide guests with quality products and flavorful memories. We offer a high-quality, diverse assortment of products in a sensory shopping experience. One step into our shops will kick your senses into high-gear as you open the jars and smell, explore recipes, and speak with our knowledgeable staff about your culinary interests.

At The Spice & Tea Exchange® of Gatlinburg we are committed to our mission. If you have a desire to inspire coworkers and customers, we may have a place for you at the table!

Operating a cash register, greeting guests and helping them find what they're looking for, packaging spices, seasonings and loose-leaf teas, restocking shelves, keeping the shop tidy, open/close the shop, being a keyholder.

From the hiring manager: We are looking for someone full time, preferably a closer, but we will need an opener soon too. Opening shift starts around 8:30AM and closers are usually out 10-20 minutes after closing. We open at 9AM and close at 9PM Sun-Thurs and 10PM Fri and Sat. Much of our staff have been here for years and truly enjoy the job. It's not just a boring behind the register position. Schedules are almost always made four weeks in advance and pay is weekly.

 

Compensation: $14.75 per hour (more depending on sales experience) + monthly bonuses 

We create and share the experience every day! Life is better lived with a little spice.

The Spice & Tea Exchange ® was founded in 2008, by a group of talented individuals with a passion for life and food. What started as a small shop St. Augustine, Florida, has quickly grown into a nation-wide franchise powered by flavor, passionate franchise owners, and a desire to bring flavorful ingredients to your kitchen. Our franchise owners are the #1 REASON for what we do, and our team is a close-knit family you’d enjoy sitting with around the dinner table.

"Creating & sharing the experience of a more flavorful life," is the mission and cornerstone of our business, in which we strive to provide guests with quality products and flavorful memories. We offer a high-quality, diverse assortment of products in a sensory shopping experience. One step into our shops will kick your senses into high-gear as you open the jars and smell, explore recipes, and speak with our knowledgeable staff about your culinary interests.

 

At The Spice & Tea Exchange we are committed to our mission. If you have a desire to inspire coworkers and customers, we may have a place for you at the table!