Lead Sales Associate Camping and Fishing, Full-Time

The Lead Sales Associate directly supports the Store management in all the department’s day-to-day activities. Their role is to optimize department sales and profitability through employee training and development. They are highly knowledgeable in action sports products and a resource for customers and employees. The Lead Sales Associate will model the company’s customer service and selling procedures and place customer satisfaction, sales floor readiness and employee development as the cornerstones for their department’s success.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provides and ensures exceptional customer service, sales achievement, product knowledge and sales floor readiness for the department.
• Assist in training of new and existing employees. May assist in scheduling, organizing and directing assignments within the department to support store management
• Maintain, encourage and possess “ownership mentality” of their department.
• Promote a positive customer focused environment and resolve customer problems or complaints by determining optimal solutions processing transactions to support customer needs
• Ensure sales floor department and corresponding back stock areas are maintained to company standards -including processing of markdowns, transfers, sales floor product preparation and stocking as needing
• Model company standards for customer service and selling standards for department employees and provided per to per coaching to support those standards -follow up on a regular basis.
• Work in support of store management to ensure execution and communication in support of advertising
• Assist in coordination of multiple sales events and provide direct support for their execution
• Maintain employee awareness of safety and emergency procedures and report any concerns
• Assist store management in maintaining adequate departmental supplies.
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Skills Summary:

• 2-5 years related sales experience in clothing or sporting goods or related industry experience.
• Enjoy connecting with people and demonstrating an enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Basic knowledge and understanding of retail math principals and ability to utilize necessary technology
• Ability to support store management in a fast-paced environment, while handling multiple priorities and championing the roll out of new procedures
• Demonstrate knowledge of department products and services, and use this knowledge to inspire sales staff and customers to make purchases with minimal returns
• Ability to motivate and train peers to meet or exceed sales and customer service standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with customers, vendors and all co-workers.
• Ability to handle physical requirements to accomplish daily responsibilities
• Adherence to all company policies and loss prevention control and compliance procedures
• Ability to lift and carry at least 50 pounds and move about on the sales floor, ascends/descends a ladder as needed to access products and assist customers. Must be able to stand for extended periods and bend, twist and reach repeatedly throughout shift and maintain a willingness to get the job at hand done.

Job Description and Details:

• Full-time: 4-5 days, 38-40 hrs/week.
• Position requires schedule flexibility that includes evenings, weekends and holidays to support business needs.
• Starting at $15-$16.50/ hour depending on experience and excellent benefits.