Retail Store Sales Associate at Joie Children's Products, Inc. in Vancouver, WA 98660

Job description

• Salary Range
• $20.00 - $21.00 Hourly
• The Sales Associate for Joie Baby will embody an exceptional customer service mindset, delivering an exceptional, personalized shopping experience that ensures every customer feels valued.
• With genuine enthusiasm for the brand, the Sales Associate will build rapport, engage customers, and educate them on product features and benefits that align with their lifestyle needs. Understanding that first impressions matter, the Sales Associate will take pride in maintaining the cleanliness, organization, and overall presentation of Nuna's first retail store.

Responsibilities

• Customer Experience
• Represent the brand with professionalism, positivity, and enthusiasm. Deliver a premium, personalized customer experience aligned with core values.
• Warmly greet customers, build rapport by understanding their design style, lifestyle, and story, and ask thoughtful questions to determine needs. Provide confident product recommendations that foster loyalty and repeat business.
• Actively listen to customer concerns, address issues professionally, and escalate when appropriate.
• Identify and act on cross-selling and up-selling opportunities when they offer genuine value.
• Operate the point-of-sale system accurately, process payments, and ensure a smooth, efficient checkout experience.
• Operations
• Perform daily cleaning tasks, including bathrooms, kitchen areas, and high-touch surfaces, to maintain a clean, welcoming environment.
• Adhere to all people safety standards and policies to ensure a safe workplace.
• Execute daily store readiness procedures to support operational excellence.
• Maintain floor presentation standards and leverage store technology to enhance customer interactions.
• Product
• Manage stockroom inventory in accordance with safety requirements.
• Support company-led product initiatives and campaigns.
• Maintain up-to-date product knowledge, including features, benefits, pricing, promotions, and changes to assortment.
• Provide expert product guidance to help customers make confident purchasing decisions.
• Demonstrate ongoing curiosity and willingness to learn.
• Assist in maintaining clear, organized, and visually compelling product displays that align with brand standards and elevate the customer's experience.
• This position description is intended to provide a summary of the essential duties, tasks, and responsibilities of this position and shall not be considered an exhaustive listing of all work requirements.

Requirements

• Experience and Education
• One (1) year of experience in retail, customer service, or sales.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Skills and Competencies
• Thrives to learn with the ability to acquire proficiency with products and their features and benefits.
• Highly collaborative with a team approach, supporting colleagues to ensure the collective success of the team and company.
• Dependable and reliable in adhering to the work schedule based on business needs.
• Excellent verbal, active listening, and interpersonal skills to understand and connect with customers.
• Demonstrates patience, empathy, and a friendly demeanor with a strong focus on helping customers.
• Ability to maintain accuracy and consistency in all tasks.
• Proficient with basic calculations and comfortable using point-of-sale and computer systems.
• The ability to safely lift and carry items weighing up to thirty (30) pounds is required.

Skills

Required

• Customer service mindset
• Professionalism, positivity, enthusiasm
• Active listening
• Collaborative
• Patience, empathy, friendly demeanor
• Point-of-sale system
• Basic calculations
• Computer systems

Benefits

• Washington Pay Transparency Act: The pay rate for this role is $20-21 per hour. Target compensation range and subsequent actual salary are determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, competencies, years of experience, geographic location, and education, as aligned with the job description.