Seasonal Retail Sales Associate

Chalet is a fourth generation, family-owned company that was started 106 years ago with a passion for plants, elevated customer service, and our amazing employees. We are a multi-dimensional, privately held company that is dedicated to continuing our legacy of being an exceptional place to work and shop. We make a difference in our local community by providing people with green products and services in order to bring nature to their home. Our retail store sells a wide assortment of indoor and outdoor plants along with nature-inspired items like garden products, outdoor furniture, home and holiday decorations, and pet food/supplies. We do good work in good ways – living out our 7 core values every day.

We have an opportunity for a Seasonal Sales Associate to acknowledge, engage, and inform customers – and then close the sale. Consider joining us in our mission to support people in connecting with nature and beautifying their homes!

Responsibilities include:

• Greeting, engaging, informing and inspiring customers to drive sales.
• Providing seamless service to all guests – across all retail categories. Additionally, referring customers as needed to our landscape services, eCommerce, wholesale, Chalet Signature and other offerings.
• Engage with customers in-store predominantly, but be flexible to do virtual sales as well as scheduled sales consultations.
• Increasing product knowledge and product fluency over time to span all retail categories (indoor plants, pet, home décor, holiday, birding and gardening supplies).

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Previous sales experience is a must, along with in-depth knowledge of at least two of our product categories (like home décor and pet), and a willingness to learn the other categories.
• A track record of consistent, swift, and reliable follow-up and follow-though with every customer.
• Be a highly engaged, positive, friendly and approachable person.
• Have a hunger for sales and a competitive spirit that is balanced with honesty, accountability and a strong work ethic.
• Must be able to lift 25+ pounds; stand on your feet for your entire shift; and bend, reach, push/pull product.
• Trustworthy, dependable, conscientious, organized and a self-starter.
• Enjoy working both indoors and outdoors. This position is primarily indoors, but flexibility to work outdoors as needed is very helpful.
• We are a drug-free work environment. All offers are contingent on satisfactory results of a pre-employment drug test.

This is a part-time seasonal position with 3 or 4 shifts a week - mostly during the week, with one weekend day required. Benefits include sick time, eligibility for 401K with match after a year, and our employee discount.