About the Role
The Sales Consultant develops deep, long-lasting relationships with customers, leading to increased sales, service, and loyalty. Delivering extraordinary service requires expertise about products throughout the store. Sales Consultants aspire to sell a minimum of $1MM per year and are on full commission, offering unlimited earning potential. Upon reaching $1MM in sales, consultants receive additional clienteling and customer development tools.
Responsibilities
- Sell the entire store and wardrobe customers from head to toe
- Develop long-term customer relationships by engaging customers
- Cultivate new customers and introduce them to Holt Renfrew
- Stay abreast of fashion and style trends and translate this information into advice for clients
- Focus on understanding the customer's needs, preferences, likes, and dislikes
- Demonstrate product and style expertise to satisfy customer needs
- Perform floor recovery, visual merchandising, price changes, and related sales support tasks
- Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirements
- Ensure compliance with privacy policies, regulations, and cybersecurity measures
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Proven ability to exceed sales targets
- Knowledgeable of wardrobing and styling techniques
- Expertise in establishing customer relationships that translate into sales; is empathetic
- Skilled at the emotional aspects of a sale; connects with customers and leverages relationships
- Highly collaborative; working with and through others in a team-oriented environment
- Entrepreneurial, competitive, self-confident, and self-motivated
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of multi-tasking with minimal supervision
- Able to work a flexible work schedule based on customer needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Minimum of three or more years of experience in a commission sales environment
- Prior retail sales experience in a luxury environment preferred
Skills
- Sales
- Customer Relationship Management
- Clienteling
- Visual Merchandising
- Styling
- Fashion Trends
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Multi-tasking
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
- Commission
Experience Level
- 3+ years in commission sales
- Luxury retail sales experience preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Unlimited earning potential (full commission)
- Minimum $1MM sales target
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation
- Generous employee discount
- Pension
- Health & dental benefits
- Tuition assistance
- Continuous learning and development
About the Company
- Holt Renfrew is Canada's FASHION and LIFESTYLE retailer, providing a strong trusted voice in the global fashion world on behalf of Canadian customers.
- We are curators of EXTRAORDINARY products that INSPIRE our customers and are respectful of both people and planet.
- We provide personal service and experiences to empower our customers and colleagues to find the truest expression of themselves and create JOY in doing so.
- We are committed to creating and inspiring a more SUSTAINABLE future for all.
- We aim to IGNITE the possibility of POSITIVE CHANGE.
- Our values include Magenta, Canadian, Sustainability, Personal Service, Warmth, Unity, Passion, and Excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- Holt Renfrew is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- We believe our future success depends on the perspectives and contributions of all our employees -- their diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences make our business stronger.
- If you are contacted for a job opportunity and require accommodation, please email careers@holtrenfrew.com and let us know so we can ensure you have an accessible candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. All requests are confidential and used only to meet candidate needs.
