icebreaker: Sales Associate - Park Royal Village

Vans; West Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading footwear and apparel brand is seeking a Sales Associate in West Vancouver. You'll engage with diverse customers, ensuring a memorable shopping experience while assisting with store operations. The ideal applicant will have customer service experience and strong communication skills. Join a team committed to inclusion and sustainability, with competitive pay from $18.85 to $20.16 CAD per hour.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
• Knowledge about products and community relevant to the customer base.
• Ability to collaborate and adapt in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and create a memorable shopping experience.
• Assist in daily visual and operational maintenance of the store.

Skills

Customer service experience

Ability to engage with diverse customers

Excellent communication skills

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

Free to Be, Inclusion & Diversity

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.

Compensation

$18.85 - $20.16 CAD per hour

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.