Sales Associate, Part Time - Potomac Mills

vineyard vines; Woodbridge; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job description

Job Category: Retail/Outlet - Non-Management

Requisition Number: SALES003990

Posted: August 22, 2024

Position Type: Part-Time

Locations

Showing 1 location: Potomac Mills
Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA

Description

Title: Part Time Crew Mate (Part Time Sales Associate)
Department: Retail
Reports To: Captain (Store Manager)/First Mate (Assistant Manager)/Second Mate (Management Trainee)

Overview:
Responsible for assisting the management team in driving sales through exceptional customer service. Ensures the customer experience, supports our brand promise (“Every Day Should Feel This Good”) and makes service a top priority.

Functions & Responsibilities:

1. Generate Sales:
   - Responsible for meeting their goals/measures
   - Develops and maintains relationships with top customers
   - Supports in-store event sourcing and execution
2. Customer Experience:
   - Ensures the store reflects Shep & Ian’s vision of “Every Day Should Feel This Good” to our customers through “Hosting the Party”
   - Leads the store in email capture and educating new associates on best practices
   - Ensures the customer wish list is always current with customers being notified when product arrives.
3. Crew Development:
   - Assists with training new associates
   - Helps foster a welcoming, fun, encouraging and energetic crew and customer environment
   - Helps in recruiting and referring top talent for the store’s teams
   - Supports store and team-building activities with the management team
4. Operations:
   - Maintains efficient merchandise controls
   - Maintains loss prevention awareness at all times
   - Helps maintain a clean and tidy store environment
5. Merchandising:
   - Helps to maintain merchandising as it pertains to company standards, current compass (floorset), and brand initiatives
   - Contributes to weekly product feedback

Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Team focused, confident, and professional
• Creative, adaptable, entrepreneurial and driven by integrity
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Ability to perform effective selling techniques to achieve sale and repeat business
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including holidays, overnights, weekends
• A passion for making people happy
• Excited to help recruit, train, motivate, and inspire as a large piece of your day-to-day responsibilities
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback
• Positive outlook
• Excited to get to know our product inside and out in order to offer style advice and help customers
• Outgoing, friendly & personable with a positive attitude
• Customer Service-oriented experience preferred but not necessary
• Passion for the vineyard vines brand

As an employee at a vineyard vines retail location, all team members must have the ability to:

• Stand and/or move around for extended periods of time
• Reach, carry, bend, and climb ladders occasionally
• Lift up to 40 pounds, unless an accommodation is requested