Retail Store Sales Associate I - Cookstown, 2007, Ontario, Canada

Purpose:

Contributes to meeting or exceeding store sales and profit targets by:

• Peer to peer influencer and support for new joiners
• Championing individual uniqueness and celebrating the differences and similarities that bring us together.
• Passionately inspiring consumer loyalty to the brand.
• Contributing to the achievements of Store KPI targets by building an emotional connection with customers and living the Brand Values.
• Utilizing expertise and experience to serve and sell to customers, achieving operational excellence.
• Support store operations and processes.
• Role modelling a culture of consumer centricity within the store.

Key Accountabilities:

• Is aware of store and individual targets and actively works to meet or exceed these by using all resources available within the store.
• Complies with store policies and procedures to maintain a safe shopping and working environment.
• Collaborates productively and respectfully with team members to meet or exceed store goals.
• Communicates a desire for ongoing learning and welcomes all available opportunities to increase individual and store performance.
• Makes themselves available to support other team members when needed
• Meets and exceeds customer expectations and boosts sales and Brand experience by using appropriate element the adidas customer service model.
• Create an emotional connection with every customer by being a passionate and enthusiastic adidas Brand ambassador.
• Proactively seeks and incorporates basic core and seasonal product knowledge into own service approach within assigned store zones(s).
• Maintain an appealing, easy-to-shop environment for customer by consistently executing visual merchandising and housekeeping standards.
• Minimize loss by actively maintaining sales floor awareness while serving customers.
• Completes sales transactions quickly and accurately while adhering to cash protection procedures
• Uses selling expertise to maximize opportunities at the cash desk to create add-on sales and build customer loyalty.
• May handle returns, refunds and exchanges and uses these as an opportunity to reinforce and enhance the customer experience.
• Ensures the product offer in the store is made available to customers by assisting with deliveries and replenishing the sales floor.
• Uses retail and customer expertise to maximize sales opportunities by prioritizing merchandise flow to the sales floor.
• Ensures adequate supplies to create an effective stockroom environment (if applicable) and continually maintains this (including all merchandise) within and around the vicinity.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Must possess and consistently exhibit the competencies relative to the position.
• Skilled in operating personal computers, POS systems, and various software packages including MS office.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying size.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to operate independently and with discretion, work effectively under pressure.
• Demonstrates an inspirational attitude that contributes to a positive team environment.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with team members along with willingness to set and maintain high standards of performance.
• Well-developed ability to speak, read, comprehend, and write English
• Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance and punctuality.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications:

•  Must have or be pursuing a high school diploma or general education degree (GED)
•  Three to six month’s experiences working in a retail environment.
•  Basic numeracy, literacy, and verbal communication skills.
•  Must be 16 years of age or older.