The successful Stylist/Sales Associate candidate is a fashion savvy member of the Anchora Bella Boutique team who is motivated to provide a superior guest experience to maximize sales and profit. The Stylist/Sales Associate is responsible for ensuring that sales goals are achieved by supporting and executing brand standards for our customers and team. This will include assisting with customer needs, offering product knowledge, merchandising, handling cash transactions, and maintaining a neat and visually inspiring boutique environment.

Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule according to the needs of the business, which can including evenings, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities:

Teamwork:

• Partners with Boutique Leadership Team to support company initiatives and objectives
• Contributes to a positive and professional work environment, and collaborates with all team members
• Represents Anchora Bella Boutiques core values, emphasizing a positive work environment that is fun and unique
• Maintains a high degree of personal integrity

Guest Experience:

• Proactively engages in a selling culture that focuses on building a loyal customer following through clear and positive communication
• Provides excellent customer service on the selling floor, in the fitting room and at the cash wrap
• Is able to balance our customer experience with necessary operational tasks

Visual Merchandising:

• Helps to maintain a visually inspiring boutique that is compelling to our customers at all times
• Assists in delivering our visual brand standards and presenting our unique product mix by actively working with products including: stocking, replenishing, folding, hanging, displaying and merchandising
• Proactively educates himself/herself on product knowledge, campaign promotions and merchandising standards
• Demonstrates a passion for fashion by understanding trends

Operations:

• Understands and follows all company policies and procedures
• Performs boutique opening and closing procedures
• Works effectively with team members to ensure the selling floor, cash wrap, fitting rooms and stockroom are clean and well maintained
• Demonstrates an interest level in understanding retail sales and the relationship to inventory levels in order to assist in identifying needs with the Boutique Leadership Team
• Protects the physical assets of the boutique by participating in weekly audits, routine cycle counts and an annual inventory counts

Qualifications:

• Possess a creative flair for fashion
• Retail experience preferred
• Strong merchandising and visual skills and/or willingness to learn
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization skills; able to execute tasks efficiently
• Proactive and creative problem solving ability
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple priorities
• Proficient computer skills

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom, repetitive bending, prolonged standing, twisting, stooping, squatting and climbing
• Must be able to work alone
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 35 lbs

Ability to work weekends, nights and holidays. This is a year-round position.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Full-time - Hourly position. 20-30 hours/week.
Part-time - Hourly position. 8-16 hours/week.