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About the Role

As a Retail Associate, you serve as a brand ambassador and ensure exceptional in-store experiences through positive customer interaction. You will employ your natural problem-solving and sales abilities to answer customer questions and make compelling product recommendations while supporting Columbia Sportwear Companies’ values to enhance customer service and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service by responding to consumer questions or issues regarding product features, benefits, and availability.
• Engage with consumers to understand their needs and preferences (e.g., demonstrate and explain merchandise, make suggestions on suitable options for consumers, etc.).
• Maintain store standards for visual merchandising, cleanliness, and safety.
• Retrieve merchandise from the sales floor, stock room, or other inventory locations.
• Perform all required cash register transactions (e.g., sales, returns, exchanges, connecting consumer to loyalty program) efficiently and accurately.
• Contribute to store profitability by receiving, handling, replenishing, and processing incoming and outgoing product flow in the stores accurately and efficiently.

Requirements

• No specific education required (High School Diploma or GED preferred)
• 2 (or less) years of experience in a position or specialization.
• 16 years of age or older
• Ability to communicate clearly with others.
• Availability to work a flexible retail schedule, which may change seasonally and in response to location-specific business trends or forecasts.
• All local, state, and federal laws are adhered to when evaluating your availability.

Skills

• Skill operating Inventory and Point of Sales (POS) systems, and various other retail software tools.

Location

• Retail Stores Worldwide

Work Type

• Part-time

Experience Level

• 2 years or less

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $17.00 - $24.48
• $17.00 - $18.00

Benefits

• Variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding.
• Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future.
• 401k plan plus a generous company match.
• EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services.
• Commuter benefits such as transit and parking reimbursement programs.
• Wellness benefits.
• Employee discounts.

About the Company

• With over 430 retail stores worldwide, our associates are essential to our business.
• Columbia Sportswear Company’s mission of “Connecting Active People with Their Passions.”

Equal Opportunity

• Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.
• If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.