Sales Lead - Chico's

Functional Responsibilities

• Establishes and communicates clear expectations, holding store team and themselves accountable for achieving all brand, performance, and behavior standards.
• Performs and oversees basic operational activities such as opening and closing duties, and merchandise flow processes.
• Supervises associates engaged in sales, inventory receipt, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
• Utilizes weekly schedules to ensure proper floor coverage within fiscal guidelines.
• Maintains knowledge of current sales and promotions; presents and displays merchandise in accordance with current promotions and standards.
• Maintains standards in merchandise handling, presentation, loss prevention, and all other duties as directed by Management.
• Develops a high-performance culture, motivating sales team to meet assigned sales and productivity goals; meets personal sales goals.
• Trains and coaches to ensure selling team is fluent in all aspects of product knowledge on line and in store.
• Trains, coaches and assists with locate fulfillment and selling.

Build High Performing Teams

• Motivates and inspires store team, promoting a shared vision while modeling core values.
• Promotes an inclusive, collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Communicates with store teams and Store Management to effectively lead positive change.
• Sets personal developmental opportunities and readily solicits feedback to build leadership skill set.

Customer Experience

• Models, teaches, and promotes the Most Amazing Personal Service (MAPS) principles and standards, offering a cohesive omni channel experience.
• Models sales expectations by utilizing various techniques and communicating product knowledge to the customer; recommends merchandise selections or helps to locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
• Builds and maintains a solid customer following through clienteling and wardrobing.
• Ensures prompt resolution of customer concerns.
• Ensures a fast and efficient register experience, remaining current on policies regarding payments, coupon acceptance, returns and exchanges, security practices and other applicable operations.
• Ensures team maintains consistent client communication through utilization of customer book, rewards program participation, and customer capture sign up.

Talent Support

• Supports, implements, and provides follow-up for all training programs, seminars, etc.
• Assists in the development of store associates; interprets Key Performance Indicator reports and delivers coaching as needed; provides feedback to Store Manager for associate performance appraisals and evaluations.
• Drives associate and team engagement by recognizing and rewarding employees for outstanding performance.
• Ensures that Store Team adheres to all employment practices and policies.