Flagship Store Associate Part-Time: Holiday

Filled with vibrant neighborhoods, innovative talent, and thoughtful consumers, Nashville has become a strategic hub for the emerging sector of social enterprise. A new generation of businesses are finding creative solutions to extreme poverty, encouraged by both the established business base of the city as well as the value placed on the creative arts in local culture. At ABLE, we are proud to take the lead in our community and around the world in changing the business of fashion. 

Flagship Store Associate Part-Time: Holiday

We are looking to add a part-time associate in our Flagship store! As part of the ABLE team, you will support store leadership by helping to cultivate a store environment that consistently delivers the best in customer experience. 

We are looking for candidates with retail experience, preferably at specialty retail locations or high-end brands. We envision someone with a vibrant personality, an efficient nature, and natural warmth, someone who represents ABLE well and delights in sharing about our brand. Our ideal candidate will provide exceptional service in all aspects of the sales floor: greeting customers, selling, sharing product and brand knowledge, styling, checking out customers, restocking and shopkeeping.

12-15 hours a week; October - December contract with potential to extend

RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS: 

Customer Experience:

• Supports a luxury brand experience by offering individualized, genuine, customer connection, making interactions feel comfortable and exciting.
• Acts as an empowered team member, exercising decision-making skills to enhance each customer’s experience.
• Demonstrates extraordinary customer service in-store and abides by and exercises our policy that we are not satisfied until our customer is.
• Takes ownership of personal awareness of product knowledge and current trends as well as utilizing knowledge to offer styling assistance and suggestions to customers. 

Additional Responsibilities

• Maintains organization of the storefront and the stockroom.
• Performs register transactions quickly and efficiently–including cash transfer
• Maintains a clean and presentable store environment.
• Assists in managing inventory, both accurately and efficiently.
• Adheres to standard opening and closing procedures, including preparing the store to optimal visual merchandising standards, maintaining store cleanliness, and securing the store for closing.

Brand Aesthetic, Values and Mission

• Is knowledgeable of–and able to effectively communicate–ABLE’s brand history and story.
• Incorporates ABLE core values into every customer interaction.
• Is knowledgeable of product categories and how they fit, wear, and each country of origin as well as brand partners.

Requirements:

• Previous retail/customer service experience, 1 - 2 years or more
• Positive, outgoing attitude
• Customer-service oriented
• Problem-solver, resourceful
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Required Weekend availability
• Opportunity for additional hours during weekdays
• Must have holiday availability (specifically November 24th & 25th)
• Physical ability to perform tasks, which frequently require standing, walking, reaching, kneeling or squatting. Must be able to lift and carry 30 pounds regularly without assistance.

Compensation: $17/hour + generous employee discount!

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