Job description
The Retail Sales Advisor provides exceptional experiences for all visitors to the boutique in order to build long-term relationships and achieve sales targets. Working together with colleagues, the Retail Sales Advisor helps ensure that every client experiences the high level of service worthy of a Breguet timepiece.
Key Responsibilities
Sales and Business Development
- Provide excellent client experience and timely, pertinent follow-up for both prospective clients and owners in order to achieve sales targets.
- Build strong relationships with clients by offering tailored advice and product recommendations based on their preferences.
- Achieve and exceed individual sales targets through proactive selling and closing techniques.
- Upsell and cross-sell products to maximize revenue, while maintaining a luxury customer experience.
- Maintain and update the customer database with key client preferences, birthdays, anniversaries, and purchases to create tailored shopping experiences.
- Propose clients for, and participate in, local activation events in line with the Brand Universe.
- Ensure requests and enquiries (online, email, phone) are followed up in a timely manner.
- Develop and maintain a high level of sales technique and watchmaking savoir-faire knowledge.
- Follow-up with customer repairs liaising with customer care in Southampton and Swiss headquarters.
- Provide reliable information to customers in all matters relating to sales and customer service.
- Placing orders for Breguet accessories, ensuring stock is up to date and available.
Product Knowledge
- Stay updated on the latest trends within luxury watches, product offerings, and brand history to provide expert guidance.
- Ensure customers are fully informed about the features, craftsmanship, and value of products.
- Provide in-depth product demonstrations and educate customers on the brand’s heritage, history and values.
Team Collaboration
- Support colleagues in their sales by helping to prepare invoices, gifts, packaging.
- Work closely with other team members to ensure a seamless and efficient store operation.
- Participate in team meetings, sharing feedback and contributing to the development of sales strategies.
- Support new team members, offering guidance and sharing knowledge of luxury sales techniques.
Boutique Operations
- Actively participate in the proper maintenance of the boutique: product displays, props set-up, etc. ensuring that products are displayed to a high standard.
- Maintain the luxury environment of the store by ensuring cleanliness and organization, aligning with the brand’s aesthetic.
- Assist with stock organization, ensuring products are correctly labelled, tagged, and stored.
- Support stock replenishment and stocktake procedures as required.
- Monitor stock levels and inform management of stock issues.
- Understand and respect all operating and security guidelines.
- Follow the security and proper maintenance of stock timepieces.