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Sales Associate

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Hand Me Up Shop - Spring, TX
Full Time

Description

Compensation: $15.00/hr

Position Description:

As a Sales associate for the Interfaith Hand Me Up Shop (HMUS) resale store, your position is vital to delivering an outstanding customer service experience. The Sales associate is part of a sales team and works with volunteers as part of that team, supporting a customer centric, fun, engaging and collaborative shopping experience by always demonstrating outstanding customer service and selling skills. The Sales associate helps keep the selling floor stocked with proper assortment and ready for daily business, while maintaining the selling floor and fitting rooms by keeping a clean, neat and ready to shop environment for all HMUS visitors.

Responsibilities:

 

  • Provide excellent customer service to customers, clients, and donors, greeting, listening and asking questions to determine customer’s needs, then give options and advice on meeting those needs
  • Ensure that fitting rooms are ready for customers by promptly clearing our merchandise and returning it to the proper area of the sales floor
  • Support Interfaith in creating a positive working environment for staff, volunteers and customers by demonstrating a professional attitude with sincerity and enthusiasm reflecting Interfaith’s mission
  • Maintaining sales floor presentations, including basic housekeeping and restocking areas as needed
  • Follow directive for daily plan with management and staff required to operate and maintain the Hand Me Up Shop inventory
  • Cashier – handling of cash and credit sales, assist Sales Supervisor as needed – opening and closing registers
  • Assist Family Services’ clients with clothing voucher redemption
  • Assist with customer phone call inquiries
  • Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality
  • Assist in Interfaith disaster recovery efforts
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • Must reside within 15 miles of 77381 zip code
  • High school education level

Preferred:

  • Customer service experience
  • Furniture retail and/or moving experience
  • Experience with diverse populations and nonprofits

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong organizational skills and attention to details
  • Ability to multitask
  • Ability to work independently and on collaborative projects
  • Basic knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Effective written and verbal skills, ability to interpret instructional documents, such as reports and procedure manuals, daily task lists, etc.
  • Basic math functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Ability to understand key metrics including sales pricing guidelines.
  • Must have good time management and possess a strong sense of urgency

Work Location:

In person

Work Hours:

Flexible with scheduling and available to work retail hours, which may include day, weekends, and/or holidays, based on department and store/organization needs.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

  • Physical demands: Moving, reaching and standing for at least two consecutive hours. May occasionally involve stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders.
  • Visual demands: close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to lift at least 25 lbs..

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Basic and Voluntary Life + AD&D
  • Voluntary Short & Long Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending & Dependent Care Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan with corporate matching up to 5%; requires one (1) year of employment
  • Paid Time Off
  • Bereavement and Jury/Court Duty Pay
  • Paid holidays
  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Work with enthusiastic team members who have a passion for service!

*Must work 20+ hours a week to qualify for 403b/30+ hours a week for medical,dental,vision/ 35+ for paid time and ancillary benefits) 

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. The employee has reviewed this description and agrees that he/she is fully able and can perform the duties and responsibilities listed above.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Interfaith of The Woodlands committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Notice to Third Party Agencies

Please note that Interfaith of The Woodlands does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Interfaith will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Interfaith explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Interfaith of The Woodlands.

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