About the Role
As part of our retail team, you will be the heartbeat of the company, providing customers with an unforgettable experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. This role allows you to showcase your people skills and develop operational expertise.
Responsibilities
- Greet and assist customers promptly and courteously
- Maintain product knowledge to assist customers effectively
- Resolve customer issues or escalate as needed
- Maintain overall store cleanliness, ensuring all areas are tidy and presentable
- Replenish stock and manage inventory on the sales floor
- Support the meeting of store and team sales targets while also increasing customer loyalty
- Assist with merchandising and store displays
- Process transactions accurately and efficiently
- Participate in training programs and staff meetings
- Assist in providing peer training and support to new team members
- Seek feedback and actively engage in personal development
Requirements
- Previous retail experience a plus
- Ability to work part-time, flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
- Knowledge of cash register/POS systems a plus
- Preferred experience with customer outreach and driving customer loyalty through brand awareness initiatives
- Ability to climb a ladder
- Lift and/or move up to approximately 50 pounds frequently
- Bending/stooping/kneeling required – frequently
- Climbing ladders – occasionally
- Routine standing for duration of shift (up to 8 hours)
- Ability to work varied hours and days including nights, weekends and holidays as needed
Skills
- Customer Engagement
- Sales and Merchandising
- Operational Excellence
- Team Support
Work Type
- part-time
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience
Benefits
- Generous employee discount
About the Company
- At Lakeshore, we create innovative learning materials and world-class guest experiences for teachers, parents and children.
- Since 1954, we’ve grown into a global community with a thriving e-commerce business, multiple catalogs, over 50 stores, a peerless national sales force, plus international offices that support our preeminent supply chain division.
- We’re building an infrastructure designed for scalability, embracing data-driven decision-making and using technology to improve efficiency and ensure the best tools for the best work.
- We continue to invest in a diverse team of inquisitive top talent who fuel each other’s passions and curiosity, take risks, try new things and believe that every new day brings opportunities for growth.
- We know our diversity makes us stronger, and when everyone feels included and valued, we all win.
- We strive to embrace our differences and create an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that is representative of the teachers, families and children we serve.
- We give everything we’ve got to create products that instill a sense of wonder and foster a true love of learning.
- We’re constantly on the lookout for people to join us.
- If you’re a down-to-earth professional who shares our desire for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Equal Opportunity
- People are selected to become members of the Lakeshore family based on skill, merit and mind-boggling talent—not based on race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, marital status, domestic partnership status, military status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, AIDS or AIDS-related complex status, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- If things aren’t equal, we all lose.
- Lakeshore is an E-Verify employer. We use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
