Boise VandalStore Sales Associate

• Engaging and assisting customers in the store to achieve customer success in customer experience.
• Possessing product knowledge in all area of the store.
• Meeting with leadership team to review surveys and secret shops in relation to meeting/succeeding the customer success standards.
• Performing POS transactions and inventory system functions including:
  • Cashiering;
  • Product search and availability;
  • Preforming Return/Exchange per policies set by the management team;
  • Working with the web orders and merchandise inquiries;
  • Preforming discounting per policies set by the management team.
• Utilizing suggestive selling techniques (up-selling, cross-selling).
• Demonstrating product knowledge in all areas of the store.
• Utilizing excellent phone skills (answering, orders, and problem solving).

• Consistently facing, filling, displaying and organizing merchandise throughout the store.
• Following merchandising plan from leadership team.
• Ensuring product is priced for customer ease and sized as necessary.
• Providing fulfillment – ability to pick and ship on-line orders.
• Providing basic understanding of inventory and assist in receiving and with transfers.

• Establishing, maintaining an organized, professional, and welcoming atmosphere of the sales floor, register area, outside common and back-end areas;
  • Sweeping/mopping/vacuuming/dusting;
  • Gathering and removing trash and recycling;
  • Cleaning restrooms, break room, office space, storage and receiving areas.
• Communicating need to reorder supplies to back ops or leadership.

• Counting physical inventory;
• Notifying leadership of mislabeled, defective, and damaged merchandise.

• Contributing to sales goals;
• Performing other duties as assigned.

• Experience in customer-facing roles such as retail, hospitality, or food service.
• Basic math skills for cash handling and inventory management.

• Demonstrated experience with customer service.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions accurately; contribute to overall team success.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills; Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate sales and inventory records.
• Serve and communicate effectively, both verbal (in person and via telephone) and in writing, with diverse personalities and cultures.
• Ability to use a computer and current software.
• Ability to be punctual and reliable.

• Ability to bend & stoop.
• Ability to lift, carry and/or otherwise move up to 50 pounds.
• Willing and able to work evenings, weekends and special events.

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