UNIQLO Retail Sales Associate (Seasonal Part-Time) - Paramus Park

FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter benefits

1.5x holiday pay

401K with employer matching

Job summary

UNIQLO is seeking a Sales Associate in Paramus, NJ to deliver exceptional customer service, advise on product selection, and close sales. The role supports store operations, including cashier duties and processing shipments, while maintaining brand standards and visual presentation.

The position is part-time, hourly, with a flexible schedule including nights and weekends. Prior retail experience is helpful; high school diploma or GED required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, or 6 months retail or related experience.
• Excellent customer service skills with ability to listen and advise customers.
• Ability to stand for long periods and lift up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed sales goals.
• Maintain brand and store standards (visual, cleanliness).
• Utilize UNIQLO service standards and follow company principles to meet customer needs.
• Assist fitting room and act as cashier when required.
• Process shipments and ensure floor representation of merchandise.

Job description

Position Overview

Reporting to the Store Manager, the Sales Associate is the customer service specialist of the store. They are responsible to exceed customer expectations by listening to customer needs, finding products that meet their needs, providing in depth product information about the goods they are interested in and closing the sale.

Salary : $16.00/ hour

Key Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed sales goals
• Maintain brand and operational standards (visual, cleanliness, etc.)
• Pro-actively manage customer needs and exceed expectations by utilizing the U.N.I.Q.L.O. service standard, following the Uniqlo Fundamental Principles and saying the 6 standard phrases.
• Be knowledgeable of fitting room standards and assist when needed
• Act as cashier when required by following cashier protocol
• Process shipment and ensure all merchandise is represented on the floor in full size runs
• Assist management to identify and resolve issues in the store
• Provide product and brand knowledge to customers
• Follow all company policy and procedures & notify management of any infractions
• Assist with special projects as assigned by management

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and percentages
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, read computer terminals, push, pull, move, lift or carry objects of at least 25 pounds.
• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom, repetitive bending, prolonged standing, twisting, stooping, squatting, and climbing

Schedule Requirements

Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including nights, evenings and weekends.

Education/Experience

High School Diploma or G.E.D., or 6 months retail or related experience

Benefits

• Part-Time, hourly position: The Company provides:
• Commuter benefits accounts
• 1.5 times the employee's regular rate for all hours worked on stated holidays
• 401K (with employer matching)

Part-Time Availability Requirements

Minimum of 12 hours availability per week

Equal Opportunity

The Company is committed to equal pay initiatives and will not ask candidates for their current or past salary.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Fast Retailing does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Company Information

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang.

Fast Retailing is one of the world's largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan's leading specialty retailer. UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has a total of more than 2,500 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe and North America.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere.

Brand Philosophy

Appliance that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual's style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people's lives.

Unlocking The Power Of Clothing: We believe we can turn the power of clothing into a force for good. By designing, making and selling good clothing, we can make the world a better place. Good clothing means simple clothing, high in quality, and built to last. It's clothing that enriches the lives of people who wear it by giving them comfort, protection and pleasure. It is produced in a way that is harmonious with nature, without excessive burden on the environment. Good clothing is made by people of diverse backgrounds working with energy and enthusiasm, under conditions where their health, safety and human rights are respected and upheld. And we will extend this same spirit to our customers and all our Stakeholders, working with them to aspire to a better society where we all thrive. This is our promise: to always work toward a better, more sustainable society.

Fast Retailing embraces and promotes diversity and inclusion. We believe these concepts nurture our culture, helping to change our business, the people working within it, and all of society for the better. We respect and appreciate each individual's points of difference and personality and strive to create a diverse team where every person has equal opportunity to use their greatest abilities to fulfill their potential.