Sales Associate

About The Position

With over 430 retail stores worldwide, our associates are essential to our business. From ensuring product availability on the sales floor to creating eye-catching visual displays to addressing customer inquiries to running an efficient checkout process, our associates create memorable customer experiences while simultaneously assisting the Store Leadership team in supporting Columbia Sportswear Company’s mission of “Connecting Active People with Their Passions.” As a Retail Associate, you serve as a brand ambassador and ensure exceptional in-store experiences through positive customer interaction.

How You’ll Make a Difference

• Provide exceptional customer service by responding to consumer questions or issues regarding product features, benefits, and availability; engage with consumers to understand their needs and preferences (e.g., demonstrate and explain merchandise, make suggestions on suitable options for consumers, etc.).
• Maintain store standards for visual merchandising, cleanliness, and safety; retrieve merchandise from the sales floor, stock room, or other inventory locations.
• Perform all required cash register transactions (e.g., sales, returns, exchanges, connecting consumer to loyalty program) efficiently and accurately.
• Contribute to store profitability by receiving, handling, replenishing, and processing incoming and outgoing product flow in the stores accurately and efficiently.

Requirements

• No specific education required (High School Diploma or GED preferred)
• 2 (or less) years of experience in a position or specialization.
• Skill operating Inventory and Point of Sales (POS) systems, and various other retail software tools.

Qualifications

• 16 years of age or older

Skills

• N/A

Benefits

• Columbia Sportswear Company offers a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding.
• Benefits include a 401k plan with a generous company match.
• Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services.
• We have commuter benefits such as transit and parking reimbursement programs.
• We provide wellness benefits and employee discounts.

Pay

$16/hour

Schedule

Flexible hours

Job Conditions

• Frequent physical activity (requires the ability to constantly move about)
• May have exposure to dust and noise
• Occasionally requires the ability to work in a place
• Ability to communicate clearly with others
• Flexible retail schedule, which may change seasonally and in response to location-specific business trends or forecasts

Job Conditions

All local, state, and federal laws are adhered to when evaluating your availability.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compliance

Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.