UNIQLO 660 5th Avenue Seasonal Retail Sales Associate

UNIQLO • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

UNIQLO is seeking a Seasonal Retail Sales Associate for its 660 5th Avenue location. This position offers competitive compensation starting at $18.50 per hour, with a clear path to promotion opportunities every 3 months based on individual performance for driven team members. The role involves meeting sales goals, maintaining brand standards, managing customer needs using UNIQLO's service standards, assisting in fitting rooms, operating as a cashier, processing shipments, and providing product knowledge. The associate will also support management in resolving store issues and special projects, while adhering to company policies.

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, which includes GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand, and Helmut Lang. Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, with UNIQLO being Japan’s leading specialty retailer. The company operates over 2,500 UNIQLO stores globally and more than 3,600 stores across all its brands. Fast Retailing's corporate statement is committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom, and changing the world. They are dedicated to creating "LifeWear" – apparel rooted in Japanese values of simplicity, quality, and longevity, designed to be modern, elegant, affordable, and accessible. LifeWear is continuously innovated for warmth, lightness, design, and comfort.

The company believes in leveraging the power of clothing for good, creating simple, high-quality, durable clothing that enriches lives and is produced harmoniously with nature, without excessive environmental burden. They ensure good clothing is made by diverse individuals working with enthusiasm, respecting their health, safety, and human rights. Fast Retailing is committed to a better, more sustainable society and actively embraces and promotes diversity and inclusion, striving to create a diverse team where every person has equal opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to effectively communicate and follow instructions
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings and weekends
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, read computer terminals, push, pull or move objects of at least 25 pounds
• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom including: repetitive bending, prolonged standing, twisting, stooping, squatting, and climbing

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed sales goals
• Maintain brand and operational standards (visual, cleanliness, etc.)
• Manage customer needs and exceed expectations by utilizing the UNIQLO service standard, following the UNIQLO Fundamental Principles and saying the 6 standard phrases
• Be knowledgeable of fitting room standards and assist when needed
• Act as cashier when required by following cashier protocol
• Process shipment and ensure all merchandise is represented on the floor in full size run
• Assist management to identify and resolve issues in the store
• Provide product and brand knowledge to customers
• Follow all company policy and procedures & notify management of any infractions
• Assist with special projects as assigned by management

Benefits

• Commuter benefits accounts
• 9 days of sick leave per calendar year, pro-rated based on hire date
• 8 days of paid holidays and 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate for all hours worked on stated holidays
• 401K (with employer matching)

What This Job Offers

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