Sales Associate

About the role

The purpose of this position is to support all of the retail operations and perform duties in all areas of the Midshipmen Store, Gift Shop, Barbershop, Uniform Store, Online Store, or any other retail operation within NABSD.

Responsibilities

• Customer Service and Retail Duties: Achieves daily profitable sales goal by providing exemplary customer service to include greeting, professional appearance, positive attitude, and approaching the customer, suggestive selling and adding on. Must project the best image of USNA, in addition, must comply with the Public Affairs Office.
• Receives special order requests from authorized patrons and assists customers if needed. Incumbent prices special order merchandise and notifies customers when special order merchandise is received.
• Assists customers in locating merchandise throughout the retail stores.
• Assists in outfitting each new class of midshipmen in the summer of each year and throughout the year as required by directives from higher authority. Incumbents will issue, pack boxes, work issue stations fitting clothing, check-out and processing midshipmen through sales store terminals as required.
• Completes retail reports and submits to management.
• Point of Sales (POS) and Specialized Systems: Operates the point-of-sale terminal verifying that all merchandise is properly scanned, verifies retail price, verifies product information, processes proper type of sale/return in terminal, properly secures credit card information and delivers receipt to customer.
• Secures register funds daily, verifying all monies for the day and delivers cash to assigned terminal. At the end of workday, counts/verifies all cash, checks, bank charges, midshipmen charges and deposits same in drop safe per instructions, reconciles accounts.
• Inventory: Stocks and maintains the sales floor according to daily sales plan. Stays current with merchandise assortment. Assists management with pricing when needed.
• When warehouse shipments are received, incumbent will check in merchandise, stock shelves, and assist in the maintaining the visual displays. Performs duties of repacking cartons, labeling cartons with proper counts, working with SKUs, and descriptions of merchandise for transfer to the warehouse and other retail operations.
• Incumbent also transports packages to/from the warehouse using the department van.
• Incumbent will also conduct spot inventories as assigned during the year. Supports management during inventory and performs other tasks related to the retail operation within NABSD.
• General duties: Maintains housekeeping standards such as dusting, vacuuming, and taking out trash.
• Provides on the job training to new sales store clerks as needed.
• Incumbent may be asked to transfer to another retail location as needed.
• Supports the business hours during the week and may include weekend shifts and holidays.
• Supports the safety and health program. Promotes employee involvement to identify and eliminate safety/health hazards in order to ensure an accident-free environment.

Requirements

• Must obtain and maintain a secret security clearance – requires 18 years of age
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service
• Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required
• Probationary period: Flexible employees are employed based on the needs of the business
• Must be able to understand and communicate in English
• Participation in Direct Deposit
• Must maintain the privacy of official work information and data, and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct

Qualifications

In order to meet the basic requirement of the Sales Associate position, NF-2091-02, you must meet one of the following: Have at least one year of general work experience; OR 2 years of education beyond high school.

Skills

• Front-facing customer service experience
• Experience working in a retail setting is preferred
• Experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced setting
• Experience working a cash register or a point-of-sales (POS) system
• POS experience in a retail setting preferred
• Experience performing inventory duties, such as restocking sales floor, conducting physical counts, assisting with inventory control procedures, etc.

Perks

• Use of the Brigade Sports Complex
• Shop at the Midshipmen Store
• Shop at the Navy Exchange
• Potential membership eligibility at the Naval Academy Club
• Use of MWR facilities
• Eligible to join Navy Federal Credit Union
• Eligible for childcare with CDC & NAPS
• Use of Employee Assistance Program