Job Details
Description
What You Need to Succeed:
- A love for fashion, fitness, and lifestyle trends.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with customers who are looking for the latest styles.
- Ability to work with your team to create visually stunning product displays that showcase your eye for design and fashion.
Compensation & Schedule
- Compensation starts between $47-55,000+/year (includes commissions and incentives), depending on experience and skills.
- Average hours: 41 hours/week. A typical schedule includes two opening shifts (9 AM - 5 PM), two closing shifts (12 PM - 9 PM), a consistent weekday off, and alternating weekends.
- Training: Product training twice a month on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7:00 PM, so you're always on top of the newest trends. Individualized business training with a mentor each week to learn SCHEELS systems and run your shop at the highest level.
What You'll Do
- Lead with Style: Stay ahead of fashion trends and help guests find their perfect look, whether for the gym, a weekend getaway, or everyday wear.
- Own Your Shop: Curate your department with the latest fashion-forward items, create beautiful displays, and manage inventory to keep everything fresh and exciting.
- Team Leadership: Train, mentor, and inspire your teammates to provide exceptional customer service while staying on top of the latest products and technologies.
- Customer Experience: Deliver an unparalleled shopping experience by connecting with customers, understanding their style needs, and offering personalized product recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Meet or exceed personal sales goals while giving Scheels customers a great experience.
- Be knowledgeable to answer questions concerning location, price and use of merchandise.
- Follow instructions for specific requests from customers, while maintaining safety requirements.
- Analyze reports and make decisions about purchasing of inventory, arrangement of merchandise, and sales trends to meet or exceed Scheels standards.
- Stock shelves, tables, and counters with merchandise while merchandising to Scheels standards. Set up advertising, signs, and merchandise to promote sales.
- Communicate professionally with vendors and/or outside sales representatives.
- Train associates on the proper use and basic knowledge of merchandise.
- Prepare for and facilitate required product knowledge and sales meetings as directed.
- Attend weekly required sales and product knowledge training meetings.
- Be professional in appearance and attitude, contribute to a positive team atmosphere and treat others with respect and consideration while following Scheels’ policies and procedures.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to perform basic math; perform operations using units of currency, measurements and understanding percentages.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one or small groups to customers, clients and other employees.
- Ability to work assigned schedule; may include varied hours, evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Promote the Scheels Visa Rewards card and be able to clearly explain all benefits.
Requirements
Customer Service
- Genuinely and consistently treat co-workers, customers and business partners like they are the most important person including eye contact, a smile and a genuine “Thank you.”
Culture
- Approach daily tasks, projects and follow-up communication with energy and sense of urgency.
- Cultivate a deep desire to become a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to apply their knowledge and experience with great impact.
- Show respect and appreciation for others and Scheels.
- Arrive to work and meetings 10 minutes early.
Team Mentality
- Genuine interest and action in helping others before yourself, regardless of recognition or reward.
Teach-ability
- Consistent eagerness to listen, learn, apply knowledge and accept critical feedback.
- Ability to adapt to a changing work environment.
- Ability to apply concepts of basic math, grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Dress Code
- Meets Scheels dress and grooming expectations in support of professional, clean and welcoming environment for customers, co-workers and business partners.
Efficiency
- Demonstrate pride and ownership of their work while meeting expected deadlines.
Education & Experience
The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, or general education degree (GED), 1-3 months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements
Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation. Heavy work – Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Scheels cares about the health and safety of our Associates. Associates are expected to follow all safety procedures and perform their job duties in a fashion that minimizes the risk of injury.
Benefits
Scheels offers a full benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long term disability, Paid Time Off, Maternity/Parental Leave, and Bereavement Leave. To see a full list of benefit offerings from Scheels visit scheels.com/careers.
Application Closing Date: The job opportunity will remain posted until we have selected a qualified candidate to fill the position.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Scheels is an equal employment opportunity employer providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Scheels will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals when appropriate.