Retail Sales Associate

Job Summary

Maintains sales floor and merchandise and actively strives to achieve sales goals.

General Accountabilities

• Greets and actively assists customers with sales and products
• Assess customer needs and provide assistance and information on product features
• Actively engages with customers in the store
• Ensure high level of customer satisfaction through excellent sales service
• Orders merchandise for customers when not in stock
• Maintains an active product knowledge and discusses available options with customers
• Processes sales, returns and makes change for purchases
• Stocks, displays and prices merchandise
• Sets up advertising displays or arranges merchandise to promote sales
• Keeps store clean and well stocked
• Performs end of day duties such as preparing the nightly deposit and counting the drawer
• Suggests ways to improve sales (e.g. planning marketing activities, changing store design)
• Follow and achieve department sales goals
• Go the “extra mile” to drive sales

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of retail experience

Skills

• Ability to work a cash register and count change
• Good customer service skills
• Problem solving skills and ability to think critically
• Self motivated, ability to stay productive even while unsupervised
• Good communication skills
• Organized

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, bend or kneel, reach above your head and be able to grasp and type with your hands
• Regularly required to use a step stool to reach merchandise
• Occasionally required to lift weights of 20 or more lbs.
• Occasionally required to stand on a ladder

Benefits

PT Employees

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) for eligible employees

FT Employees

• Employee Discount
• 401(k)
• Health, Vision, Dental
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• ST/LT Disability and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program