(NEX LITTLE CREEK) - SALES ASSOCIATE - LAWN & GARDEN

About the role

As a sales associate, you will be the face of our company, highlighting our brand and image while contributing to building our reputation as a company that values its customers and their opinions. You will be directly responsible for assisting customers and helping them recognize the need for our products and services.

You must be capable of learning about what we sell and are able to articulate our purpose in a manner that is educational, insightful, and professional. You should have a positive and outgoing nature that enjoys serving others and making a positive impact to the organization.

Responsibilities

• CUSTOMER SERVICE: Proactively engage and make a connection with customers, asking questions and listening to customer's needs, directing customers to merchandise, and informing them about upcoming events, promotions, mobile offers, and STAR card.
• ORGANIZATION: Maintaining store appearance.
• SALES: Cross-selling products, knowing the layout of the store, making suggestions to customers on latest trends and current promotions based on customer's individual needs, and upselling products.
• INVENTORY: Being the keeper of merchandise, completing all inventory processes, and ensuring merchandise is properly checked in and accurately ticketed.
• DEPENDABILITY: Adhering to assigned work schedule, accurate and complete follow-through on work assignments, and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Product Knowledge: Basic knowledge of products and merchandise.
• Experience: Retail experience preferred but not required.
• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to read, write, and interpret instructional documents, and ability to effectively communicate with customers, peers, and management.
• Mathematical Skills: Basic math functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to multi-task while being attentive to customers and remaining flexible to the needs of the business, ability to work as part of a team, and take initiative independent of direct supervision.

Work Environment

This position involves constant moving, talking, hearing, reaching, grabbing, and standing for at least two consecutive hours. May occasionally involve stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders. Vision abilities include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Involves lifting at least 25 lbs and up to 50 lbs in some departments. Work typically performed indoors but may be assigned outdoors depending upon location.

Schedule

Available to work a variety of hours which may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Schedule is flexible (0 - 19.5 hours).