Sales Associate, Part Time - Walt Whitman Shops, Huntington Station, NY

Reports To

Captain (Store Manager)/First Mate (Assistant Manager)/Second Mate (Part time Manager)

Overview

Responsible for assisting the management team (Captain, First Mates, and Second Mates) in driving sales through exceptional customer service. Ensures the customer experience, supports our brand promise ("Every Day Should Feel This Good") and makes service a top priority.

Functions & Responsibilities

• Generate Sales
• Maintains efficiency in meeting goals/measures
• Develops and maintains relationships with top customers
• Sources and executes in-store events
• Customer Experience
• Ensures the store reflects Shep & Ian’s vision of “Every Day Should Feel This Good”
• Leads the store in email capture and educates new associates on best practices
• Maintains the customer wish list and notifies customers of product arrivals
• Crew Development
• Assists with training new associates
• Fosters a welcoming, fun, encouraging, and energetic crew and customer environment
• Recruits and refers top talent for the store’s teams
• Supports store and team-building activities with the management team
• Operations
• Maintains efficient merchandise controls
• Maintains loss prevention awareness at all times
• Maintains a clean and tidy store environment
• Merchandising
• Contributes to weekly product feedback
• Maintains merchandising as it pertains to company standards, current compass (floorset), and brand initiatives

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Team focused, confident, and professional
• Creative, adaptable, entrepreneurial, and driven by integrity
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Able to perform effective selling techniques to achieve sale and repeat business
• Able to work a flexible schedule including holidays, overnights, weekends
• A passion for making people happy
• Excited to help recruit, train, motivate, and inspire as a large piece of your day-to-day responsibilities
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to effectively receive and communicate feedback
• Positive outlook
• Excited to get to know our product inside and out in order to offer style advice and help customers
• Outgoing, friendly & personable with a positive attitude
• Customer Service-oriented experience preferred but not necessary
• A passion for the vineyard vines brand

As an Employee

• Must have the ability to: Stand and/or move around for extended periods of time
• Reach, carry, bend, and climb ladders occasionally
• Lift up to 40 pounds, unless an accommodation is requested

Every Day Will Feel This Good

• Because of our fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly good people
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• Competitive pay
• Rewards & Recognition program
• Product Allowance
• Flexible shifts
• Opportunity for promotions and advancements
• Fun atmosphere with passionate coworkers

Salary Range

$17.07 - $18.86 per hour

PT benefits not offered