Sales Associate

Sales Associate

To meet and strive to exceed individual and store sales goals while executing key strategies of retail led growth, leveraging the franchise, operational excellence and all department category development; embracing and following on a daily basis the Burberry Experience during all interactions, owning the responsibility for developing new customers, as well as maintaining relationships with existing clientele.

Embrace the Burberry Experience and follow training guidelines and standards to reflect Burberry's luxury brand standards and image

Consistently meet individual sales goals while exhibiting the Burberry Behaviours

Provide excellent customer service skills, great selling skills and exhibit motivation to succeed

Demonstrate superior interpersonal and communication talent

Build customer loyalty through active client development and follow-through

Maintain an up-to-date and detailed client book

Follow all Cultivate requirements and activities such as; courtesy and relationship emails, inviting customers back to shop, reactivation, capture compliance

Follow company policies, procedures and use visual techniques to maintain the visual standards according to Burberry guidelines

Maintain selling floor by ensuring the following:

Understand and execute monthly floorsets

Placing and/or hanging back items as you work

Replenishing merchandise after selling

Folding and placing merchandise on the correct hanger, tissue paper, etc.

Place tickets inside the item and not visible to the customer.

Beginning of shift/day: Arrive on selling floor ready, ensure floor is ready for customers

End of shift/day: Ensure selling floor is replenished and ready for the next day

Be active and busy on the floor at all day

Ensure to place and/or hang back items as you work and replenish merchandise after selling

Ensure clean up and maintenance of fitting rooms

Assist in the mark down process

Assist in the bi-annual inventory process

Participation and achievement of pre-sale goals

Participate in store contests

Assist in stock room maintenance and keep it organized

Responsible for stock pulled; all stock must be put away in orderly fashion

Willing to work in and promote a team oriented environment.

Excellent interpersonal skills required to ensure clear, effective communication with all management and staff.

Consistently show a positive attitude & take responsibility for own actions.

Must be results driven and flexible to change

Relevant interest in Fashion / Design.

Advanced knowledge of POS and store systems.

A minimum of 1 year on sales, preferably in a luxury retail environment.

Proven experience in driving sales and meeting sales targets.

Excellent customer service level.

Strong clienteling background.

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.