icebreaker: Sales Associate - Park Royal Village

VF Corporation; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading apparel company in Metro Vancouver is hiring a Sales Associate to deliver exceptional customer experiences in-store. The role requires customer service experience, strong communication skills, and teamwork. Candidates must be adaptable, willing to work flexible hours, and have a passion for product knowledge. This position offers a competitive hourly wage and encourages a diverse, inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits for mental, physical, and financial well-being

Qualifications

• Ability to genuinely and comfortably engage with a diverse group of customers.
• Willingness to learn about the products relevant to the customer base.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Create best-in-class customer experience in the store.
• Engage with customers using product knowledge.
• Assist in daily visual and operational maintenance of the store.

Skills

Customer service experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to collaborate and work as a team

Attention to detail

Proficient computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Sales Associate

As a Sales Associate you will be the face of the brand to our retail customers and will be responsible for creating best-in-class customer experience in the store. As a Sales Associate, you will actively engage with a diverse and often large group of people, using your product, brand, activity and community knowledge to ensure each customer has a memorable positive experience. You will serve as part of a team, ensuring that customer engagement is the top priority, while also assisting in the daily visual and operational maintenance of the store.

Join the icebreaker Family

Founded in 1995 in New Zealand, icebreaker is a pioneer of ethical and sustainable natural performance apparel. Now a part of the VF Corporation, icebreaker continues to challenge the status quo while championing natural, transparent, and responsible ways to do business.

icebreaker looks to nature for the answers and for innovative ways to do more with less. Working with what nature provides and adapting as nature does, icebreaker enables consumers to join a movement towards choosing natural and preserving our planet for generations to come. We are on a mission to be Plastic Free by 2023 and transition all our apparel to merino or plant-based fibers – and we are 91% of the way there!

We’re a community of passionate, authentic, and adventurous achievers! Today, we’re a global brand with a diverse team across the Globe. We strive to celebrate those differences and create an inclusive culture where all are welcome.

What You Bring

Required

• Ability to genuinely and comfortably engage with a diverse group of customers
• Customer service experience
• Ability to collaborate, work as a team, and be adaptable in the workplace
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; will require weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge, experience and/or willingness to learn about the products, activities, community relevant to the store’s customer base
• Attention to detail
• Proficient computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets, and software programs

Preferred

• High School Diploma or GED

As a purpose-led, performance driven company, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness, and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

What’s In It for You

We’re in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by the ideas, energy and commitment of our people. That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical and financial well-being for all VF associates.

Our Parent Company, VF Corporation

VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities and experiences they cherish through our family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands.

At the heart of our journey lies our company-wide purpose: We power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. This is our purpose. It’s the reason we come to work every day. It’s a commitment shared by our global associates across all brands.

Hiring Range: $18.85 - $20.16 CAD per hour

Benefits at VF Corporation: This position is a part-time or limited time position and is not eligible for all of the benefit plans offered at VF Corporation.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

VF Diversity Vision Statement: VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business.