Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, Crossgates
About The Position
As a Seasonal Retail Selling Colleague, you combine results-driven selling with genuine hospitality to create standout holiday shopping experiences. You learn about customers’ needs, make personalized recommendations, and connect them with appropriate products and services. You engage customers on the sales floor and in fitting rooms, use product knowledge and effective selling behaviors to achieve sales goals, build trust, and encourage loyalty. You also help maintain a clean, organized, and inviting shopping space. Colleagues prepare for the day by reviewing sales goals, learning about new arrivals and top-selling items, and staying informed about trends and promotions. During customer interactions, they offer a warm welcome and build friendly, personal relationships. They maintain a shoppable space by merchandising new receipts, processing damages and testers and selected merchandise for vendor return, updating signs and pricing, and supporting merchandise moves. They share loyalty program benefits, ensure customers have what they need, and close interactions with a sincere thank-you. Teamwork, honesty, care, collaboration, continuous improvement, and achieving individual and store results are emphasized. Seasonal colleagues are typically scheduled for 10–20 hours per week, depending on business needs and colleague availability.
Requirements
- Flexible availability to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, with regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to understand and communicate effectively with customers, coworkers, and supervisors.
- Ability to read and understand employment policies and safety rules and procedures in English.
- Ability to meet daily sales-goal challenges.
- Enjoyment of meeting people, learning about them, and sharing information.
- Resourcefulness, adaptability to changing priorities, and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to use electronic devices.
Responsibilities
- Review sales goals and stay informed about new arrivals, top-selling items, trends, and promotions.
- Welcome customers, engage them in personal conversations, understand their needs, and recommend relevant products and services.
- Drive sales performance and meet daily sales goals through customer engagement and effective selling behaviors.
- Share loyalty program benefits and provide a helpful, courteous closing to customer interactions.
- Keep the sales floor clean, organized, and inviting.
- Merchandise new receipts and maintain a shoppable space.
- Process damages, testers, and selected merchandise for return to vendors.
- Update signs and pricing and support merchandise moves.
- Collaborate with colleagues to serve customers and communities and improve individual and store results.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Health and wellness coverage
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off
- Eight paid holidays
- Continuous learning and leadership development
- Colleague Resource Groups
- Volunteer opportunities
- Merchandise discounts
- Performance-based incentives
- Annual merit review
- Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal and financial advice
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
