Sales - Footwear

Scheels All Sports • Overland Park, KS

13d • Onsite

About The Position

SCHEELS is seeking passionate individuals to join their team as Sales Associates in Footwear. This role offers the opportunity to turn a passion for sports, fitness, fashion, or the outdoors into a rewarding career through extensive business and product training. SCHEELS is a leader in the sporting goods industry, committed to providing the best customer experience in the USA. They offer the largest selection of sports brands, special attractions, and unmatched customer service, empowering associates to become experts and exceed customer expectations. Mentorship and professional development are key focuses throughout an associate's career.

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 become a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to apply 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, apply knowledge and accept critical feedback. Ability to adapt to a changing work environment.
• Ability to apply 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.
• Education & Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and/or 1-3 months of sales experience.
• Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements: Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Heavy work – Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Associates are expected to follow all safety procedures and perform their job duties in a fashion that minimizes the risk of injury.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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

• Average hours per week is 20 hours.
• Compensation: Earn an average of $16.00-$19.00 per hour. A combination of base hourly pay and sales commission.
• Ability to earn more based on performance plus GREAT associate discount on in store purchases.
• Mentorship and professional development training are a focus throughout your entire career.
• To see a full list of benefit offerings from Scheels visit scheels.com/careers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED