Sales Associate-Retail

Roots; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Roots in Calgary is seeking a Sales Associate to deliver exceptional service and build lasting relationships with customers at South Centre Mall, Store 207. Reporting to the Store Manager, you will maintain store standards, handle cash and merchandising tasks, and keep customers engaged with product knowledge.

The role emphasizes a welcoming, upbeat demeanor, strong presentation skills, and the ability to understand customer needs while contributing to team success.

Qualifications

• Retail experience, preferably in apparel.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with customers.
• Understanding retail operations: store standards, cash handling, merchandise presentation.
• Self-starter with good judgment in all situations.
• Excellent presentation skills in a retail environment.
• Upbeat, optimistic, passionate and friendly.
• Ability to understand customer needs.
• Ability to build buy-in to ideas, decisions, actions, products or services.

Responsibilities

• Display a customer-first attitude to build and maintain loyalty.
• Resolve customer issues effectively at store level in a timely and positive manner.
• Be a team player and contribute to the store’s success.
• Perform POS transactions and merchandising tasks: receiving shipments, replenishment, price markdowns, fitting room upkeep.
• Keep updated on product and service updates.
• Ensure store is visually appealing and aligns with company standards.
• Adhere to Loss Prevention policies per guidelines.

Skills

Retail experience

Customer relationships

Store operations

Self-starter

Presentation skills

Positive attitude

Customer needs understanding

Buy-in abilities

Job description

South Centre Mall - Store 207, 100 Anderson Rd. SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM

NATURE & SCOPE:

We are currently hiring for a Sales Associate. Reporting to the Store Manager, the Sales Associate plays a vital role in promoting our core values.The main objective of this position is to provide exceptional service to customers and build relationships with them.The goal is to develop customers for life.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR?

To be successful, you’ll need to possess:

• Retail experience preferably in apparel.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with customers.
• Experience with understanding retail operation concepts such as maintaining to store standards, cash handling, and merchandise presentation.
• Self-starter and uses good judgment in all situations.
• Excellent presentation skills in a retail environment.
• Upbeat, optimistic, passionate and friendly.
• Ability to understand the needs of the customer
• Ability to build buy-in to an idea, a decision, an action, a product, or a service.

THE IMPACT YOU'LL HAVE

This is an opportunity to shape our company’s future by:

• Display a “customer comes first” attitude. Ensuring that customer loyalty is built and maintained.
• Resolving customer issues effectively at store level in a timely and positive manner.
• Be a team player and contribute to the stores’ success.
• Perform POS (point of sales transactions) and merchandising tasks, such as receiving shipment, replenishment, price markdowns, fitting room upkeep.
• Keep current on our product and service updates.
• Ensure store is visually appealing contributing to company standards through product presentation, replenishment, store housekeeping, store maintenance and visual displays.
• Adhere to all Loss Prevention policies as per guidelines and policies.

We’d like to thank everyone who applies, but we can only contact applicants who are most qualified.

South Centre Mall - Store 207, 100 Anderson Rd. SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada