Vans: Sales Lead - Lakeside Shopping Center

VF Corporation • Metairie, LA

4d • $16 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

Vans is seeking a dedicated and passionate Sales Lead to support the store leadership team by ensuring the highest level of customer engagement and sales results are achieved. This role models the brand's voice, provides sales-related feedback, and coaches associate performance. The Sales Lead fosters an environment where individuality and authenticity are celebrated, aspiring for a career in retail with a company dedicated to personal growth and leadership development.

Requirements

• Proven ability to drive results through store teams and exceed sales and profit goals.
• Proven ability to drive results through team coaching and operational excellence.
• Skilled in coaching, motivating, and building high-performing, diverse teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels.
• Solution-oriented and flexible in a fast-paced, dynamic retail environment.
• Capable of working independently, managing shifting priorities, and meeting business expectations.
• Comfortable using word processing, spreadsheets, and retail software tools.
• Ability to stand and move throughout the store for extended periods and perform physical tasks such as bending, reaching, squatting, climbing ladders, and lifting light to moderate weight, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of related professional retail experience is preferred but not required.
• A High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred; but we value hands-on experience and demonstrated achievements most.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high level of personalized customer engagement through genuine interactions.
• Assist in maximizing and achieving store sales and goals by monitoring sales progress & results against key targets.
• Foster a consumer centric mindset and an inclusive store environment, while modeling selling behaviors through genuine interactions with consumers.
• Assist in providing direct feedback, coaching and supervision of the associates.
• Occasionally assume responsibility for the store in the absence of another manager, which may include covering breaks, meal periods, or opening the store without a supervisor or manager.
• Regularly interact with consumers within the store, providing a high level of customer service.
• Provide actionable feedback to store associates and adhere to policies, procedures and practices that align with company directives.

Benefits

• Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.
• General overview of benefits provided at VF by visiting www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF?
• VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.
• VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

What This Job Offers

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