Retail Consultant | Aesop Sydney Flagship | Full Time

L'Oréal; Sydney; On-site; AUD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

LinkedIn Learning access

Headspace mindfulness app

Summer wellness leave options

Job summary

Aesop Sydney Flagship, part of L'Oréal, is seeking a Retail Consultant to welcome customers and guide product choices. You will deliver an inclusive shopping experience and contribute to the store's commercial success through attentive service and product knowledge.

The role offers a full-time on-site schedule with weekly rotating shifts, development opportunities, and employee benefits including training and wellbeing programs. Experience in beauty or skincare is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience operating in a customer service role or environment.
• Effective selling skills and ability to drive commercial outcomes.
• History of contributing to a team and collaborating with others.
• Empathy to manage relationships and create an inclusive experience.
• Open mindset with curiosity to understand diverse perspectives.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of skin care and skin care industry is advantageous.
• Knowledge of hair care, body care, fragrance and home categories is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Engage, listen and guide customers to products relevant to them.
• Welcome customers and deepen product experience through intentional interactions.
• Deliver an exceptional, inclusive customer experience contributing to commercial success.

Skills

Customer service

Sales skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Job description

Retail Consultant | Aesop Sydney Flagship | Full Time

For over 35 years, Aesop has carefully cultivated an inspiring and inclusive environment in which our employees are supported and encouraged to thrive. As a global retail organisation, we offer professional development and advancement opportunities to complement career goals and aspirations. Our approach to skin care involves meticulous attention to detail, using only the most efficacious ingredients to create formulations which stir the self and senses. The same meticulous approach is taken during our recruitment process, seeking out considered and inspired individuals with a wealth of perspectives who bring out the best in themselves and others. We aim to strike the right balance between people, planet and profit, actively reducing our footprint on the planet that generously sustains us. So far, this journey has led us to become a certified B Corp. We are committed to building a more sustainable and inclusive society. Role purpose As a Retail Consultant, you embody our desire to engage, listen and guide customers to products that are relevant to them. You will welcome customers into our spaces and through intentional interactions deepen the way our products are experienced. In demonstrating products that address customer needs you will deliver an exceptional, inclusive customer experience that contributes to our overall commercial success.

What we are looking for:

• Experience operating within a customer service role or environment
• Effective selling skills and the ability to drive commercial outcomes
• History of successfully participating in and contributing to a team
• Demonstrated ability to utilise empathy to manage interpersonal relationships and contribute to a positive and inclusive experience for all
• Open mindset and deep curiosity seeking to understand others, listen without judgement and act on diverse perspectives
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of skin care and skin care industry (advantageous)
• Knowledge of hair care, body care, fragrance and home categories (advantageous)

This is aFull Time role and it operates on an on-site working pattern.

Roster

Tuesday 11.00am - 7.30pm

Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm

Friday 11.00am - 7.30pm

Saturday 9.00am - 5.45pm

38 hours per week

What's on offerWe take a holistic approach to employment, promoting professional development, career growth, employee wellbeing initiatives and encouraging deep connections with the local community through the Aesop Foundation, volunteering and matched giving programs. Employee benefits include -

• Paid volunteering allowance for all employees
• Bonus opportunity based on personal, and business, performance
• Suite of options to aid development, including complimentary access to LinkedIn Learning, in-house
• Product and Core skills training and study support opportunities
• Access to employee assistance programmes, complimentary subscription to Headspace mindfulness app and summer wellness leave options.

Luxe In the L'Oréal Luxe Division we create the very best of luxury beauty. Our Division has an unrivalled portfolio of aspirational brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Kiehl's, Aesop, Lancôme, Prada, and Urban Decay and an incredibly talented team of experts, making it perfectly equipped to meet the endless and all-encompassing demands of luxury consumers around the world. Aesop's approach to skin care involves meticulous attention to detail, using only the most efficacious ingredients to create formulations which stir the self and senses. The same meticulous approach is taken during our recruitment process, seeking out considered and inspired individuals with a wealth of perspectives who bring out the best in themselves and others. ABOUT L'OREAL GROUPE, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND The L'Oréal Groupe in Australia & New Zealand is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role. If you require any adjustments or accommodations in our recruitment process, employment or have questions in regards to accessibility please email ***************@loreal.com to speak with our Talent Acquisition representative. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or disability. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a Family Friendly Workplace (Parents At Work & UNICEF). L'Oréal acknowledges the Traditional Owners & Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.