About the Role
Join QE Home's passionate retail team as a Sales Associate, the friendly face that welcomes guests, guides them through collections, and helps them find perfect home décor pieces. Your passion for guest service and home décor will create memorable shopping experiences.
Responsibilities
- Providing exceptional, personalized service to every guest.
- Building meaningful connections by listening, asking questions, and offering thoughtful product recommendations.
- Maintaining merchandising and visual standards for a clean, welcoming environment.
- Assisting with daily store operations, including opening and closing, restocking, and processing transactions.
- Staying up to date on product features, benefits, and promotions.
- Collaborating with team members to meet sales goals and create a supportive team atmosphere.
- Contributing to a safe and inclusive shopping environment.
Requirements
- Ability to stand for up to 8 hours.
- Ability to lift or carry up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to shift, push, reach, stretch, twist, bend, pull or maneuver weight over 50 lbs. to fold, stock and build or display merchandise.
- May be required to change beds including moving a mattress to put on a bed skirt.
- Comfortable climbing ladders for merchandising and stock.
- 1+ year of retail or guest service experience.
- A genuine passion for people, home décor, and helping others find what they love.
- Take personal responsibility for staying current on QE Home’s extensive range of products.
- A clean, professional, and fashion forward appearance that reflects the brand and adheres to the store’s dress code standards.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- A positive attitude and eagerness to learn.
- Ability to multitask in a dynamic retail environment.
- Friendly, approachable, and guest-focused.
- A collaborative spirit and willingness to pitch in where needed.
- Enthusiasm for creating comfortable, stylish living spaces.
- Detail-oriented and dependable.
- Motivated by personal and team success.
- Open availability including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Skills
- Guest service
- Home décor
- Product knowledge
- Sales
- Merchandising
- Visual standards
- Store operations
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Multitasking
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 1+ year of retail or guest service experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive hourly wage
Benefits
- Extended health and dental benefits for those working 28+ hours
- Employee discount program
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Online training program
- Receive a free set of sheets upon completing our QE Home University training program
- Referral bonus program (up to $300)
About the Company
- QE Home is a proudly Canadian company designing beautiful, affordable bedding and home décor since 1992.
- With over 70 stores nationwide and a growing online presence, we’re passionate about helping our guests and our team feel truly at home.
Equal Opportunity
- At QE Home, we are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible, and equitable workplace where different experiences, perspectives, and paths are welcomed and valued.
- If you're excited about this opportunity, even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply.
- We’re committed to creating a fair and supportive hiring process and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout recruitment.
- If needed, please email retailhr@quiltsgroups.com with your accommodation requests.
