Temporary Sales Associate - Knoxville, United States - Coach

Description

** Temporary Sales Associate**

Coach Knoxville, TN, US

Coach is a leading design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections, with a long-standing reputation built on quality craftsmanship. Defined by a free-spirited, all-American attitude, the brand approaches design with a modern vision, reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that is uniquely Coach. All over the world, the Coach name is synonymous with effortless New York style.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio a global house of brands powered by optimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

Selling and Service

Understands organizational objectives and makes decisions that align with the Company priorities and values

Creates personal sales and clienteling strategies in partnership with the management team

Meets customer needs through solution-oriented and forward thinking

Builds credibility and trust as a personal fashion advisor by communicating fashion awareness and trends in the marketplace

Understands changes in local market with potential impact on business performance and supports the execution of local sales strategies and tactics

Creates positive impressions with customer by bringing best self to work through elevated, sophisticated, appropriate business attire consistent with Coachs guide to style

Demonstrates Coachs Selling and Service expectations at all times

Influences customers purchase decisions by balancing patience and assertiveness

Takes ownership and commitment for delivering results; actively aware of personal and store metrics and achieves goals

Flexes personal selling techniques to contribute to overall store financial results

Demonstrates persuasive (not aggressive), confident, friendly and genuine service skills and selling behaviors

Discusses product features and builds the sale by suggesting appropriate add on items to fit the customers specific needs

Works with multiple customers simultaneously and breaks away as appropriate

Follows up with customers consistently and genuinely to influence/close the sale

Develops product knowledge skills and remains aware of current collections

Demonstrates knowledge of competition and can apply that knowledge to building sales and customer relationships

Drives business through sales strategies, clienteling, sourcing new customers and maintaining on-going productive relationships with customers

Sensitive to customers needs and tailors approach by reading cues

Builds lasting and loyal relationships with customers

Ensures all daily tasks are completed without negatively impacting service or Coach standards

Workplace and Environment

Creates enthusiasm and positivity for a shared vision and mission

Fosters and environment of teamwork, trust and collaboration with peers, customers and supervisors

Demonstrates confidence when working with customers

Takes initiative; has a high-level of ownership and accountability for individual results

Welcomes feedback and adapts behaviors as appropriate

Represents Coach as a brand ambassador at all times

Is adaptable and flexible to change

Maintains a calm and professional demeanor at all times

Creates short and long-term strategies to achieve personal metrics and performance goals

Utilizes Company tools to keep self-informed

Handles and offers solutions to customer issues appropriately and involves a manager when necessary

Promotes and endorses a team selling environment

Operations

Completes daily operational tasks including maintaining store (sales floor and backroom), cash wrap and visual merchandising to Coach standards consistently and in a timely manner

Adheres to all retail policies and procedures including POS, Operations and Loss Prevention procedures

Leverages Coachs tools and technology to support relationship building and clienteling efforts; including to drive sales and achieve individual goals

Replenishes inventory on sales floor as needed

Processes shipments as needed

Additional Requirements

Experience: 1- 3 year of previous selling experience in a luxury retail service environment preferred. Possesses current knowledge of fashion trends and competition in the marketplace.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent; college degree preferred.

Technical: Knowledge of cash registers systems, basic computer skills (including the ability to use iPad/laptop, Mobile POS and Internet)

Physical: Ability to communicate effectively with customers and team. Mobility to maneuver the sales floor and stock room to provide and support customer service. Reach above/bend to obtain product for customers from store fixtures/shelves at various heights and climb ladders/stairs/step-stools to perform visual merchandising and housekeeping duties. Ability to frequently lift and carry up to five pounds and at times lift and carry product/cartons up to fifty pounds to process product shipment/transfers.

Schedule: Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including nights, weekends, busy seasons, and high retail traffic and sales days(including but not limited to: the day after Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Christmas Eve, Mothers Day, etc.)

**Our Competencies for All Employees**

**Courage** : Doesnt hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

**Creativity** : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

**Customer Focus:** Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

**Dealing with Ambiguity** : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isnt upset when things are up in the air; doesnt have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

**Drive for Results:** Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

**Interpersonal Savvy** : Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

**Learning on the Fly:** Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

**Our Competencies for All People Managers**

**Strategic Agility** : Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

**Developing Direct Reports and Others:** Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will ta