Sales Associate - Wholesale
About The Position
The Eyewear Ambassador sells Luxottica product lines and promotes the Luxottica brand image while maintaining merchandising standards. The role is responsible for meeting sales goals and providing customers with an optimal shopping experience. The associate tracks sales goals, participates in assortment planning and edits, monitors and evaluates business performance, and proposes and executes actions to grow sales. The associate greets customers, provides personalized service, stays current on products and promotions, develops relationships with store personnel, generates customer leads, executes promotions, and maintains product displays and merchandising standards. The role also communicates store events, product activity, sales needs, competition, and customer feedback to retail and account managers, and provides relevant business intelligence to the Retail Manager.
Requirements
- Associate degree, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- At least 1 year of experience in a customer service environment.
- Eyewear sales experience.
- Previous merchandising, selling, and/or retail experience.
- Aptitude for selling; energetic and passionate approach.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to take initiative and generate creative selling solutions.
- Proficiency with PC applications, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Highly adaptable, with flexibility in scheduling.
- Organized and detail oriented.
- Comfort with digital photography.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in business management with a concentration in marketing, merchandising, or sales.
- Previous merchandising, selling, and/or retail experience in a fashion environment.
- Familiarity with all Luxottica products within the store.
Responsibilities
- Track and meet sales goals and objectives for Luxottica brands in an assigned store.
- Participate in assortment planning, assortment needs, and assortment edits.
- Manage business performance by monitoring and reporting inconsistencies, evaluating sales trends, and proposing and executing actions that benefit the business.
- Greet customers in a friendly and engaging manner and provide professional, personalized service to promote sales and customer awareness of Luxottica brands.
- Maintain current knowledge of Luxottica products, services, incentives, promotions, advertising, and competitive offers, as well as competitors’ products, promotions, and services.
- Develop strong working relationships with store personnel.
- Generate leads to increase customer traffic to the location within the store.
- Execute product promotions to increase sales and brand awareness.
- Ensure prominent product placement and maintain stocked cases and displays.
- Maintain Luxottica and assigned-store service and merchandising standards.
- Follow store dress and attire requirements, rules, and policies.
- Communicate store events, product activity, sales needs, competition, and customer feedback to the Retail Market Manager and Account Manager.
- Provide sales information and relevant business intelligence to the Retail Manager.
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off/vacation
- Employee discounts
- Competitive bonus and/or commission plan may be offered
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
