Sales Associate (f / m / d) – Part time

Patagonia; Varese; In loco; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Join Patagonia's Milan team as a customer service representative, where you'll engage customers and support environmental initiatives. This role values inclusion and a shared passion for outdoor sports and sustainability, emphasizing teamwork while contributing to store operations and community activism.

Competenze

• Fluent in Italian and English.
• Demonstrated service experience.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and learn quickly.

Mansioni

• Assist and engage customers, ensuring their needs are met.
• Support grassroots environmental groups through activism.
• Perform daily store operations and merchandising.

Conoscenze

Customer Service

Passion for the Environment

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Language Skills

Descrizione del lavoro

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Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice, and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role :

We are in business to save our home planet. You’ll be helping us achieve this by creating an amazing experience for our customers and making a positive impact in the community, using the store as a vehicle for change and acting as a brand advocate inside and outside of the store. Our stores support local environmental groups with donations, volunteers, advocacy, and events that provide a platform to share and engage in activism, and you will be a part of it.

Main Tasks :

• Welcome, assist, and engage customers by providing a positive experience for everyone who comes in—ensuring that the customer’s needs are understood and met.
• Determine and meet the specific needs of each customer with kindness and creativity, making sure every person is treated with equal respect and professionalism.
• Share your knowledge of core sports and products and your passion for the environment to support grassroots environmental groups and create engagement with our customers.
• Contribute to a team responsible for the store’s success through customer service, merchandising, operations, events, and environmental activism.
• Perform daily store operations: checking and replenishing stock as needed, operating the cash register, opening and closing it, and merchandising during downtimes (folding, hanging, steaming, and stocking).

What we’re looking for :

• An inclusive mindset.
• An interest in saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work.
• A colleague with demonstrated service experience, who thrives in a team-based atmosphere.
• Enthusiasm and interest in learning about our products, values, and history. Passion about the environment and caring for others.
• A colleague who handles ambiguity well, learns quickly, demonstrates sound judgment, and solves problems creatively.
• Accuracy with money handling and register use.
• Language skills: fluent in Italian and English.

It’s a plus if you also have / are :

• Experience working in retail and/or outdoor industry.
• If you participate in and appreciate our core sports (climbing, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, mountain biking, trail running), it will be a plus.

Other important details :

This position is based in Milan, Italy.

Our stores are designed to be hubs for our communities, where we inspire, educate, and engage with environmental and social defenders and those who love wild places and outdoor sports. We support local groups with grants, donations, volunteers, advocacy, and events.

You will join a passionate team working to protect the wild places around us and change the retail industry for the better, whilst having fun together.

Please ensure your CV and cover letter are in English.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies :

Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies.