Sales Associate
Dillard's Department Store
Richmond, VA
06.2004 - 09.2007
- Greeted customers and provided exceptional customer service.
- Engaged customers in friendly, professional dialogue to determine needs.
- Helped customers find specific products, answered questions, and offered product advice.
- Performed cashier duties such as accepting payments, issuing receipts and counting money back change.
- Worked with fellow sales team members to achieve group targets.
- Assisted customers with product selection, sizing and styling.
- Collected payments and provided accurate change.
- Developed trusting relationships with customers by making personal connections.
- Completed daily recovery tasks to keep areas clean and neat for maximum productivity.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of store merchandise and policies.
- Built and maintained relationships with peers and upper management to drive team success.
- Organized stockroom shelves according to size, color or style.
- Upsold additional items based on customer interests and needs.
- Adhered to company initiatives and achieved established goals.
- Greeted customers to determine wants or needs.
- Maintained knowledge of sales and promotions, return policies and security practices.
- Unboxed new merchandise and restocked shelves in appealing and organized arrangements to promote items.
- Stocked shelves and supplies and organized displays to focus customer attention on specific items.
- Computed purchases and received and processed cash or credit payment.
- Opened and closed cash registers by counting money, separating charge slips and balancing drawers.
- Bagged or packaged purchases and wrapped gifts.