Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, Lakewood Center
About The Position
As a Seasonal Retail Selling Colleague, you combine results-oriented selling with genuine hospitality to create memorable holiday shopping experiences. You learn what customers need, offer personalized recommendations, and connect them with appropriate products and services. Working on the sales floor or in fitting rooms, you use warmth, product knowledge, and a personal approach to build trust, meet sales targets, and inspire customer loyalty. The role emphasizes customer engagement, teamwork, and achieving selling goals, while helping maintain a clean, organized, inviting shopping space. Colleagues prepare for the day by reviewing sales goals, learning about new arrivals, top sellers, trends, and promotions, and ensuring the sales floor is ready for customers. Throughout the day, they welcome customers and build relationships; merchandise new receipts; process damages, testers, and selected merchandise returns to vendors; update signs and pricing; and assist with merchandise moves. They share loyalty program benefits, ensure customers have what they need, and provide a sincere closing interaction. Colleagues support one another and continuously learn to improve individual and store results. Seasonal colleagues are typically scheduled for 10–20 hours per week, depending on business needs and colleague availability.
Requirements
- Flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, co-workers, and supervisors.
- Ability to read and understand employment policies and safety rules and procedures in English.
- Enjoy meeting people, learning about them, and sharing information.
- Resourcefulness and adaptability to changing priorities, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to use electronic devices.
- Ability to talk, lift, move constantly, stand, and reach with arms and hands.
- Ability to stand for at least two consecutive hours; lift at least 25 pounds; stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, and reach including above eye level.
- Close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
- Ability to frequently use computers and other technology, including handheld equipment and cash registers, and process register transactions.
Responsibilities
- Review sales goals, new arrivals, top-selling items, trends, and promotions in preparation for customer interactions.
- Welcome customers, understand their needs, provide personalized product and service recommendations, and build customer relationships.
- Drive sales performance and achieve selling goals through customer engagement and effective selling behaviors.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and shoppable sales floor.
- Merchandise new receipts, process damages and testers, and select merchandise for return to vendors.
- Update signs and pricing and support merchandise moves as needed.
- Share loyalty program benefits and ensure customers have what they need before completing their visit.
- Collaborate with colleagues and contribute to individual and store results.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Comprehensive 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
