Posted 6 months ago
Part-Time Store Associate - Fran 1428
@ Pet Valu Canada Inc. (Company)
Canada
Overview
Pet Valu Canada Inc. is hiring a part-time Sales Associate at its Dartmouth, Nova Scotia store to help Pet Parents choose nutrition and supplies for their pets. The role combines customer service at the till, product advice, stocking, deliveries and general store upkeep. It requires typical retail hours including evenings, weekends and holidays if needed, and pet knowledge is mandatory.
Responsibilities:
- Serve customers at the till and on product and pet questions
- Stock shelves and unload deliveries
- Clean the store and sterilize the self-serve dog wash
- Look after the store pet
- Re-merchandise and handle day-to-day store functions
Requirements summary:
- Mandatory pet knowledge
- Strong people skills and customer service focus
- Lift 45 lbs repeatedly
- Available for evenings, weekends and holidays
- Reliable transportation
- Complete mandatory online certification
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2026-04-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Retail |
| Schedule | day, evening, holidays, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store, Warehouse |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 45 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
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Pet Valu Canada Inc. (Company)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 452 |
Job Description:
The Pet Valu family of stores includes Pet Valu, Paulmac's Pet Food, Bosley's, Tisol and Total Pet and together we are one of the largest retail operations in North America dedicated to providing families with food and supplies for dogs, cats, companion birds, wild birds, fish, reptiles and small animals.
All of our stores are dedicated to helping local pets in need, and we partner with local shelters, rescues and charities for adoption events, in-store adoption (select stores only) and pet food bank programs, as well as through our national donation drives and fundraising campaigns.
At Pet Valu, we're Pet Experts, and we're pet lovers, too.
Job Overview:
As a Sales Associate you will use your knowledge and experience to help Pet Parents find the right nutrition and other solutions for their pets. You will be part of a team of passionate Pet Experts, and enjoy the perks of helping Pet Parents every day. If you are enthusiastic about learning and growing with one of the top pet retailers in North America, this position is for you!
Duties will include:
- Serving customers - both at the till and in regards to product and pet concerns
- Providing product carry ups & carry outs
- Answering phone calls
- Cleaning (sweeping, dusting, tidying, sterilizing self-serve dog wash)
- Unloading deliveries
- Stocking shelves
- Looking after the store pet
- Re-merchandising where appropriate
- Day to day functions of the store
- Supporting other duties and requests made by management
Interested applicants should meet the following requirements:
- Available typical retail business hours, including evenings and weekends - including holidays if required
- Pet experience is a huge asset. Pet knowledge is mandatory.
- Customer service experience is an asset but you MUST have great people skills, we pride ourselves on our customer service.
- Be able to lift 45lbs repeatedly. Deliveries come at least twice a week and they consist of lots of large heavy bags that must be moved from outside and neatly put on the shelf.
- Have reliable transportation to and from work
All employees will receive in store training. You will also be responsible for completing a mandatory online certification program.
Please consider if you have any severe allergies to pets. We frequently have animals in the building. You will also come into contact with all sorts of proteins while stocking shelves (eg. fish, peanuts)
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