Come work with us

Kitchen Kaboodle is Portland’s local kitchen, housewares and furniture store, since 1975. We are hiring motivated team players for full and part-time positions who love kitchen, lifestyle and organization as much as we do! We offer a fun working environment and pride ourselves on our friendly, knowledgeable staff who give great customer service and have a passion for the great products we sell.

CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS

  • Merchandising Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Merchandising Assistant

Kitchen Kaboodle, Portland's favorite kitchen and home store, is seeking someone to join our merchandising team. Your role will be to help support the merchandising vision of Kitchen Kaboodle. The right candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, has a positive attitude, problem solving skills, high energy and self-motivation. Must have attention to detail, good listening skills and the ability to follow through and implement merchandising plans and instructions. Previous merchandising experience and/or a background in design is helpful, but not required. The position will involve, but is not limited to, building and moving fixtures and fixture parts, moving and rearranging product according to guidelines, and assisting in the creation and maintenance of visual displays. The candidate should be able be on their feet for most of the day, as well as have the ability to bend, squat, kneel and lift 25-30lbs. The position will require that the person be able to work at any/all of our four locations (NW Portland, NE Portland, Tigard, Hillsboro), so reliable transportation or comfort with use of public transportation is necessary. Hours are 8-4, M-F.  

Sales Associate

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

People hired as a salesperson for Kitchen Kaboodle are expected to be able to participate in all tasks associated with our retail stores including but not limited to:

  • working with customers and other staff in a professional, courteous manner that creates a positive sales environment and helps to reach sales goals.

  • Using computer software for sales and cashiering

  • Fulfill other duties associated with a retail location including but not limited to putting away stock, cleaning and maintenance of the store, attending all meetings as needed

  • Working scheduled shifts

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Courteously and professionally assist our customers, other Kitchen Kaboodle co-workers and related professionals who work in our stores.

  • Capable of learning functional use of our Point-of-Sale software in Celerant and ADP via our work computers.

  • Stand and walk for a minimum of 90% of your assigned shift.

  • Put away stock in designated areas for potentially 50% of your assigned shift.

  • Capable of following written and oral instructions related to Customer Service, Sales, and Training all store related procedures as needed.

  • Participate in mandatory employee meetings related to Sales, Customer Service, or safety meetings which may occur on a during workday, on designated day off, or be added before opening or closing as needed.

MINOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Answer the phone and communicate clearly.

  • Assist with any chores associated with keeping the store looking well maintained and tidy.

  • Follow directions from the Head Merchandiser or relayed to the person in charge in relation to display presentation and organization as requested.

  • Help tidy and declutter workstations, common customer areas, breakroom, and stockroom throughout each workday.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB

Education: Prefer high school graduate. Work experience is an acceptable substitute.

Experience: We are willing to train anyone who wants to enter or reenter the workforce if they can demonstrate the ability to fulfill our major duties and responsibilities.

Uniforms: Kitchen Kaboodle does not have any uniform or shoe allowance, but employees are expected to be able to dress casually with guidelines.

Other: Must be able read, write, and count at a high school level of proficiency and fluency in English.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Persons hired for any Salesperson position must be physically capable of a variety of work. All employees should have a full range of motion in their arms, hands, feet, and legs. Workers must be capable of unpacking, storing, or stacking housewares which will require the ability to repetitively lift 1- 25 lbs. independently. As part of this job, each employee will be required to move freely throughout the store to walk, lift, carry, squat, and bend to move products and supplies while assisting customers and coworkers and cleaning and maintenance of the store.