Sales Associate - Victoria's Secret, Bluewater (Perm And Temp Available)

The Sales Associate drives sales growth by personally selling deep and across all product categories and delivering emotionally engaging customer experiences - consistent with the brand vision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drives sales and growth by personally selling to customers
• Connecting with multiple customers
• Proactively engages with customers, reads cues and responds effectively
• Creates a memorable connection by asking effective questions to identify customer needs and make additional product recommendations
• Uses confident selling statements and is effective at overcoming customer objections
• Provides customers with the perfect bra fit by asking effective questions, taking a measurement, or conducting a fitting
• Displays expert product knowledge and takes initiative where needed
• Participates in sales goal setting with manager and tracks individual performance towards the goal
• Delivers a friendly and efficient customer experience

All roles at Victoria's Secret are responsible for:

• Driving sales results and growing the business through action and productivity
• Maintaining a focus on bras as the premier product, to build loyalty and support our "Best at Bras" culture
• Creating customer awareness (i.e., email capture) to build customer loyalty, when applicable
• Setting personal goals and tracking individual and team performance to the goals
• Preparing for each shift by maintaining awareness of all sales, promotions and applicable ringing procedures
• Taking initiative to recover and replenish merchandise, so it is available to sell
• Understanding and adhering to visual merchandising brand standards
• Assisting in housekeeping of sales floor and communicating maintenance issues
• Keeping an awareness of, and building personal capability in, loss prevention
• Reinforcing store strategy to reduce shrink
• Supporting all activities related to providing a safe working environment
• Understanding and demonstrating Company values

KPI's:

• Sales
• Sales Per Hour
• Pounds Per Transaction
• Transactions Per Hour
• Bra Conversion

Qualifications:

• Exhibits an authentic desire to exceed the customers' expectations
• Persuasive, builds enthusiasm, and inspires the customer to buy
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales goals preferred
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency
• Has a healthy, competitive spirit, while maintaining a team focus
• Is resilient and bounces back quickly from setbacks
• Pursues opportunities to take on more responsibility
• Seeks out coaching from leaders and peers to improve productivity; leads own learning
• Schedule flexibility that includes evenings, weekends, holidays, and non-business hours

Benefits:

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Access to free health and wellbeing services
• Sample Sales
• Fantastic L&D opportunities
• Life assurance
• Annual Travel Card Loan
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email UKHR@victoriassecret.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line).