On the Ground Specialist (Contractor) at Instacart supporting Caper smart shopping cart pilots in Maryland retail stores. Responsible for in-store operational success, troubleshooting technology, and coordinating between store teams and headquarters during 3-month pilot launches.
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At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
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Overview
The On the Ground Specialist (Contractor) is responsible for in-store operational success as we bring Caper Carts to new retail stores. In this client-facing role, your on-the-ground presence in partner grocery stores will be pivotal to planning and launching new pilots while also collaborating remotely with Caper’s operations, product, and business teams for enduring performance.
This role will be a temporary contractor role for up to 3 months with the ability to extend if required. This is a unique opportunity for individuals with a passion for retail, technology, and continuous improvement to impact our operations at the grassroots level.
Location: Various locations within Maryland (must be willing to travel to multiple store locations)
Caper builds smart shopping carts powered by deep learning and computer vision to enable a seamless grab-and-go retail experience. Caper’s unique technology is a plug-and-play solution that does not require retail store renovation, operational overhaul, heavy computing, and endless image labeling & training. Retailers simply purchase smart shopping carts and the entire store is upgraded with cashierless capabilities!
Caper is one of the fastest-growing retail automation technology products in the market, costs less than 1% of our competition’s infrastructure and is already widely adopted in the marketplace. Our cross-functional team solves challenging problems in ways that our customers love.
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This contract position requires a flexible schedule, including availability during store peak hours, weekends, and holidays as needed to meet project demands. It includes significant on-site presence at store locations within the designated region.
Hourly Rate - $42-51