Retail Cosmetics Sales Associate, Millcreek Mall - Erie - Flex

Job Overview

As a Cosmetic Sales Flex Colleague - also known as a Beauty Advisor Flex - you are the trusted expert our customers turn to for all things beauty. Passionate about both products and people, you play a key role in creating a personalized and inspiring shopping experience that builds confidence and drives sales. You'll serve as both an educator and a beauty expert - offering expert advice, conducting product demonstrations, and providing tailored consultations that may include makeup application and skincare recommendations. Your deep product knowledge and ability to stay current on trends allow you to introduce customers to new items and innovations that match their unique needs and style. Building lasting client relationships is at the heart of your role. You'll proactively grow and manage a loyal client base through consistent follow-up, virtual outreach, and personalized service - always with the goal of exceeding expectations and achieving sales goals. By combining genuine hospitality, strong product knowledge, and a passion for beauty, you'll help every customer leave feeling confident, cared for, and excited to return.

How Our Beauty Colleagues Spend Their Day…

• Begin each day energized and ready to make an impact - wear your name badge with pride, greet teammates with a warm hello, and help ensure the sales floor is clean, organized, and prepared for customers
• Review sales goals, learn about new arrivals and top-selling items, and stay up to date on current trends and promotions - so you're fully informed and ready to engage, educate, and sell with confidence
• Focus on the customer - offering a warm welcome, making eye contact, and creating friendly, personal conversations to build customer relationships and bring customers back
• Maintain a shoppable space by recovering the floor and fitting rooms, updating signs and pricing, and supporting any needed merchandise moves
• Finish Strong - share our Loyalty program benefits, make sure customers have all they need, and end with a sincere thank-you, often walking the package around and using the customer's name
• Support one another with honesty, care, and collaboration so we can better serve our customers and communities
• Strive to improve every day, take pride in our work, achieve sales goals, and learn from each other to deliver individual and store results

Requirements

• Flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends and holidays with regular, dependable attendance and punctuality
• Understand and communicate effectively with customers, co-workers, and supervisors
• Read and understand employment policies and safety rules/procedures in English
• Deliver personalized beauty experiences by building relationships with customers, uncovering their needs, demonstrating product application, and educating them on the benefits and use of beauty products
• Responsible for acquiring new customers by opening credit accounts and sharing loyalty benefits
• Drive sales and client loyalty by maintaining an organized and shoppable space, leveraging clienteling tools to promote offers and product launches, participating in sales events, and staying up to date through ongoing training and vendor education
• Meet and surpass daily sales goals by delivering exceptional service
• Effectively use point-of-sale technology and digital tools to streamline transactions and enhance the shopping experience
• At least 1 year of customer service or selling experience required

Essential Physical Requirements

• This position requires talking, lifting, constant moving, standing, and reaching with arms and hands
• Standing for at least two consecutive hours, lifting at least 25lbs., stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders, reaching, including above eye level
• Requires close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment
• Frequent use of computers and other technology, necessary to perform job functions, including handheld equipment, cash register and ability to process register transactions

Schedule

• Flex Team Colleagues have minimum work requirements of 42 hours per quarter during 1st, 2nd, 3rd fiscal quarter (February – April, May – July, August - October)
• During 4th Fiscal Quarter (November – January) you will be required to work 60 hours during the quarter
• The minimum number of hours may be subject to change and minimum number of weekend shifts may be required

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness coverage and a 401(k) match
• Paid time off and eight paid holidays
• Continuous learning and leadership development
• Colleague Resource Groups and volunteer opportunities
• Merchandise discounts
• Performance-based incentives
• Annual merit review
• Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal/financial advice
• Eligible for Sales Commission