Sr. Sales Associate

Rack Room Shoes; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Rack Room Shoes in Birmingham, AL seeks a sales associate to deliver exceptional customer service and meet store goals. You will conduct POS transactions, refunds/exchanges, S2H, and customer pickup while maintaining store standards and product knowledge.

The role emphasizes promotions, merchandising, loss prevention awareness, and teamwork with management and district leaders. Prior retail experience and reliability are preferred.

Qualifications

• Interpersonal skills to interact with customers and team members.
• Clear communication, both verbal and written.
• Strong organizational abilities and numeric basics.
• Experience in retail sales, preferably footwear.
• Familiarity with store policies and procedures.
• Basic visual merchandising and presentation sense.

Responsibilities

• Create a great shopping experience following service standards.
• Stay aware of current promotions and communicate them.
• Maintain merchandise presentation and store cleanliness.
• Develop product knowledge and sizing expertise.
• Be aware of loss prevention and safety practices.
• Assist with inventories, shipping/receiving, and floor placement as needed.
• Process sales at the POS, ensure mates for all shoes.
• Handle refunds/exchanges, S2H, and customer pickups as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Basic communication

Organization

Math skills

Retail sales experience

Policy knowledge

Visual merchandising

Job description

Job Description Summary

Primary responsibility is to provide excellent service to our customers. Strive to meet or exceed all store goals and company business initiatives. Associates will be responsible for a variety of tasks throughout a typical work day as directed by the store management team. In addition to these responsibilities, SR Sales Associates will have additional POS/Back Office responsibilities that include refunds/exchanges, processing S2H and Customer Pickup orders. Maintain and adhere to all company and Store Operations policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibility

• Create an excellent shopping experience for our customers through awareness and company service standards. Positive attitude, willingness to serve and well informed. Sales and assistance Promotion of company rewards program and others business initiatives.
• Maintain awareness of all current sales promotions.
• Maintain merchandise presentation. Ensure stock is well arranged and merchandised properly. Maintain cleanliness and organization of all areas within the store.
• Develop and maintain necessary product knowledge and fitting skills.
• Maintain an awareness of Loss Prevention concerns involving customers and staff members.
• Participate in physical inventories, assist in shipping and receiving merchandise and participate in merchandise placement on the sales floor when needed.
• When performing cashier functions all sales will be processed in accordance with existing policy and procedure. All shoes will be checked for mates.
• Process all sales and POS terminal transactions in accordance with policy and procedure.
• SR Sales Associates will have additional POS/Back Office responsibilities that include refunds/exchanges, processing S2H and Customer Pickup.

Principal Working Relationships

Customers, Sales Associates, Store Management and District/Regional Managers

Key Qualifications

• Interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively with external contacts (primarily customers) and with all levels of employees.
• Basic communication (both verbal and non-verbal), organization, and math skills.
• Experience in retail sales, preferably specialty retail or footwear.
• Basic knowledge of the policies and procedures.
• Basic visual merchandising skills and an understanding of the Store Presentation Standards.
• Benefits Information: https://rackroomshoes.hrbenefits.net/
• Pay Rate: $10.10 - $13.12 Hourly

Company Description

Great shoes for men, women and children in comfort, dress, casual, and athletic categories make Rack Room Shoes the family footwear retailer of choice. The company offers a wide selection of nationally recognized brands known for their quality. Rack Room Shoes also offers an assortment of exclusive private brands commissioned from the best manufacturers in the business. Our private brands offer customers great styles and outstanding values, which translates into satisfied, loyal, repeat customers.

About Rack Room Shoes

Rack Room Shoes provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or any other characteristic that is protected by applicable law. This policy of equal employment opportunity extends to all aspects of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, reassignment, demotion, discipline, discharge, performance evaluation, compensation and benefits.