Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, South Portland

About the role

As a Seasonal Retail Selling Colleague, you blend selling that delivers results with genuine hospitality to create standout holiday shopping experiences. You take the time to understand each customer’s needs, offering personalized recommendations and connecting them with the right products and services. Whether on the sales floor or in the fitting room, your warmth, product knowledge, and personal approach turn everyday visits into memorable moments. You stay focused on achieving selling goals by driving performance through customer engagement and smart selling behaviors. With every interaction, you build trust, meet sales targets, and inspire loyalty, making each visit both meaningful and successful. This role goes far beyond just being a cashier. Here, the customer is at the heart of everything we do - every day, all day. If you're passionate about selling, reaching goals, working as a team, and creating amazing experiences through genuine hospitality, this could be the perfect fit for you! You’ll also help keep the shopping space clean, organized, and inviting so every customer feels welcome the moment they walk in.

Responsibilities

• Begin each day energized, wear name badge with pride, greet teammates, help ensure sales floor is clean, organized, and prepared.
• Review sales goals, learn about new arrivals and top-selling items, stay up to date on trends and promotions.
• Focus on the customer: warm welcome, eye contact, friendly personal conversations to build relationships.
• Maintain a shoppable space by merchandising new receipts, processing damages, testers, selecting merchandise to return to vendors, updating signs and pricing, supporting merchandise moves.
• Finish Strong: share Loyalty program benefits, ensure customers have all they need, end with sincere thank-you, often walking the package around and using the customer’s name.
• Support teammates with honesty, care, and collaboration.
• Strive to improve daily, take pride in work, achieve sales goals, learn from others to deliver individual and store results.

Requirements

• Flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends and holidays with regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to understand and communicate effectively with customers, co‑workers, and supervisors.
• Ability to read and understand employment policies and safety rules/procedures in English.
• Enjoy meeting people, learning about them, and sharing information.
• Resourceful and eager to start a new venture, able to adapt to changing priorities; can work independently and work well in team dynamics.
• Comfortable using electronic devices.

Qualifications

• Essential physical requirements: talking, lifting, constant moving, standing, and reaching with arms and hands.
• Ability to stand for at least two consecutive hours, lift at least 25 lbs., stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, reach including above eye level.
• Requires close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
• Frequent use of computers and other technology, including handheld equipment and cash register, to process register transactions.

Skills

• Resourcefulness and eagerness to learn.
• Adaptability to changing priorities.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration.
• Proficiency with electronic devices and point‑of‑sale systems.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package.
• Comprehensive health and wellness coverage (medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance).
• 401(k) match.