About the Role
The Sales Associate plays a vital role in promoting our core values by providing exceptional service to customers and building relationships to develop customers for life.
Responsibilities
- Display a “customer comes first” attitude, ensuring customer loyalty is built and maintained.
- Resolve customer issues effectively at store level in a timely and positive manner.
- Be a team player and contribute to the stores’ success.
- Perform POS transactions and merchandising tasks, such as receiving shipment, replenishment, price markdowns, and fitting room upkeep.
- Keep current on product and service updates.
- Ensure store is visually appealing, contributing to company standards through product presentation, replenishment, store housekeeping, store maintenance, and visual displays.
- Adhere to all Loss Prevention policies as per guidelines and policies.
Requirements
- Retail experience, preferably in apparel.
- Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with customers.
- Experience with understanding retail operation concepts such as maintaining store standards, cash handling, and merchandise presentation.
- Self-starter and uses good judgment in all situations.
- Excellent presentation skills in a retail environment.
- Upbeat, optimistic, passionate, and friendly.
- Ability to understand the needs of the customer.
- Ability to build buy-in to an idea, a decision, an action, a product, or a service.
Work Type
- full-time
About the Company
- Established in 1973, Roots is a proudly Canadian lifestyle brand that celebrates authenticity, quality, and community.
- Inspired by the great outdoors, we create timeless, sustainable apparel and leather goods designed for comfort and everyday adventure.
- At Roots, we believe in fostering a culture of inclusivity, creativity, and teamwork – where every team member plays a role in shaping our brand’s legacy.
- If you bring passion to everything you do, lead with integrity, and believe in the power of collaboration to drive growth, we’d love to have you on our journey!
Equal Opportunity
- At Roots we appreciate that skills and expertise are cultivated through a range of experiences.
- We are committed to reflecting Canada's diverse landscape in our products, team, and workplace culture.
- We value your unique perspective and encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every listed requirement.
- Accommodations are available for applicants throughout the recruitment process.
- Roots uses technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of the recruitment process.
- These tools may be used to help review applications, assess qualifications, and support interview documentation.
- All hiring decisions are reviewed and made by our Talent team and key leaders involved in the recruitment process.
- The posted salary range is intended to reflect the competitive market value of this role and is provided to support transparency in our hiring process.
- Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, relevant skills, demonstrated knowledge, experience, and overall fit for the position.
