Casual Retail Consultant

Early Settler Group; Warragul; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amazing team member discounts

Holistic wellbeing programs

Career development opportunities

Fun, supportive and collaborative team

Job summary

Early Settler Group is seeking a Retail Consultant in Warragul to deliver a personalised shopping experience, help customers select furniture and homewares, and build lasting connections that translate into sales.

You will actively contribute to achieving store KPIs, develop product knowledge, and collaborate with a friendly team to create welcoming living spaces for customers. The role involves physical tasks associated with handling furniture and a strong customer service ethos.

Qualifications

• 2+ years retail experience in home/lifestyle products.
• Ability to engage customers and understand their home visions.
• Strong communication and computer literacy.
• Willingness to balance customer care with admin duties.

Responsibilities

• Ascertain customer's needs and match items.
• Stay updated on product features and benefits.
• Upsell and cross-sell during customer interactions.
• Maintain store presentation per VM guidelines.
• Address customer concerns promptly and professionally.

Skills

Customer service

Sales targets

Product knowledge

Teamwork

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Who are we?

Early Settler is about stylish modern living - We sell furniture and gorgeous homewares that is affordable and designed to help create a home you truly love living in. There’s no place like home and, no matter what your style, we’ve got something to make yours even more comfy and beautiful.

Introduction

Who are we? Early Settler is about stylish modern living - We sell furniture and gorgeous homewares that is affordable and designed to help create a home you truly love living in. There’s no place like home and, no matter what your style, we’ve got something to make yours even more comfy and beautiful.

Why Join Us?

Here at Early Settler, we are looking for people who share our innate passion for providing exceptional customer experience. We love what we do and we love to support each other to hit our goals.

to support our most important asset, YOU, we provide you with:

• Amazing team member discounts on our fabulous products
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support you to be your best self
• Career Development Opportunities
• Fun, Supportive and collaborative team environment

What is the Role:

We are currently looking for a dynamic Retail Consultant to join our store team.

This Retail Consultant is responsible for ensuring high levels of customer service by offering a personalised experience, taking a genuine interest in getting to know our customers and recommending items that match their needs. This role is also responsible for achieving sales targets and Store KPIs (conversion, customer service score, average transaction value,etc).

Key Responsibilities:

• Ascertain customer's needs and recommend items that match.
• Keep up to date with product knowledge to accurately describe product features and benefits
• Upsell and cross-sell where appropriate - inform customers about sales and promotions
• Consistently provide exceptional customer service
• Demonstrate our values in action during every customer interaction
• Ensure store presentation consistently aligns with Visual Merchandising (VM) guidelines
• Assist, resolve or escape all customer concerns in an appropriate and timely manner

Skills and Experiences:

Who are we looking for? You are someone who loves retail and all its nuances. You understand the customer journey and can make the magic happen to bring a customer’s vision to life. You are all about teamwork and delight in hitting and smashing sales targets. You're a go getter and you appreciate #KeepingItReal

What's needed to succeed:

• At least 2 years retail experience in home/lifestyle products preferred
• The ability to engage with our customers to bring their vision for their home to life
• An "I've got this" attitude for selling and exceeding your sales targets
• Exceptional communication skills and computer literacy
• The capability to balance customer care and administrative duties
• A genuine interest in home-styling, furniture or creating welcoming living spaces is a plus!
• Be keen as beans to live our values #WeAddValue, #WeAreDistinctive, #WeMakeItPersonal, #WeAreExperts, #WeKeepItReal.
• As we are a furniture store, the role involves regular manual handling of products including lifting, carrying and moving items of varying sizes. Applicants must be physically capable of safely performing these tasks as part of their daily duties.
• Applicants must be a AU citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in Australia and therefore hold a valid visa.

We understand a lot of time and effort goes into applying for roles and we genuinely thank all applicants in advance. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.