Retail Firearms Sales

SCHEELS • Eau Claire, WI

291d

About The Position

Do you love sports, fitness, fashion or the outdoors? SCHEELS can turn your passion into a rewarding career through our extensive business and product training. SCHEELS is a leader in the sporting goods industry - driven to create the best experience in the USA for our customers. SCHEELS boasts the largest selection of sports brands in America—offering world-class brands, special attractions, and unmatched customer service. SCHEELS empowers our associates to be experts in exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. SCHEELS associates talk-the-talk, and walk-the-walk, with the best product and expert training in the sporting goods industry. Mentorship and professional development training are a focus throughout your entire career. Scheels Company Goals: We strive to be the best retailer in USA in the eyes and minds of our customers, associates, and business partners.

Requirements

• Customer Service
• Genuinely and consistently treat co-workers, customers and business partners like they are the most important person including eye contact, a smile and a genuine 'Thank you'
• Culture
• Approach daily tasks, projects and follow-up communication with energy and sense of urgency
• Cultivate a deep desire to be a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to share their knowledge and experience with great impact.
• Show respect and appreciation for others and Scheels
• Arrive to work and meetings 10 minutes early
• Team Mentality
• Genuine interest and action in helping others before yourself, regardless of recognition or reward
• Teach-ability
• Consistent eagerness to listen, learn, knowledge and accept critical feedback
• Ability to adapt to a changing work environment
• Ability to understand concepts of basic math, grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Dress Code
• Meets Scheels dress and grooming expectations in support of professional, clean and welcoming environment for customers, co-workers and business partners
• Efficiency
• Demonstrate pride and ownership of their work while meeting expected deadlines

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); and/or one to three months of cashiering experience

Responsibilities

• Ensure all paperwork for firearm sales including but not limited to form 4473, licensing, and background checks are completed accurately and thoroughly
• Consistently demonstrate proper firearm safety and handling
• Evaluate and appraise firearms for resale
• Ability to exercise good judgement when interacting with customers when shopping for firearms
• Have a well-rounded knowledge of all facets of the firearm industry including ammunition, reloading, and optics
• Follows all Company policies and procedures
• Must be able to legally own a firearm
• Ability to stop a straw purchase
• Greet all customers on the sales floor with courtesy and a smile
• Grow personal sales by hitting minimum goals and following Scheels professional salesmanship standards to provide an above and beyond customer experience
• Promote the Scheels Visa Rewards card and be able to clearly explain all benefits
• Engage in conversation with customers and assist them in making buying decisions
• Demonstrate a passion for products in our store
• Attend all Scheels product training and all store meetings
• Maintain a professional appearance on the sales floor
• Assist in all other assigned duties
• Ability to perform basic math; compute rate, ratio and percent; draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one and small group situation to customers and other employees
• Demonstrates strong communication, organization, attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Strong oral/written communication and reading skills to communicate effectively and in a timely manner with all levels of the organization
• Must be willing to help with freight/stocking when needed
• Ability to demonstrate product usage within their shop and retrieve product from heights of greater than 6 ft.

Benefits

• To see a full list of benefit offerings from Scheels visit scheels/

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: High school or GED