Claudie Pierlot Sales Assistant Part Time / Permanent

at  Brown Thomas Arnotts

ABOUT CLAUDIE PIERLOT :

Since 1984, Claudie Pierlot has travelled the world and enriched its universe with new escapes. Part clothing store, part manifesto, the Parisian studio’s soft madness is expressed in ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, and accessories. Pieces to be worn and worn again, in phase with the stakes of an ever more responsible fashion, to better blow their wind of freedom on the way free spirits dress. The silhouettes are adorned with strong prints, blending creativity and know-how, while the timeless twists are collected like so many travel memories.
The identity of the House is embodied by strong values, cultivated by the passion of our talents: Ambition, Audacity, Passion, Responsibility.

The employee will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Sales activity : Participate in the development of turnover and the achievement of monthly objectives, ensure a warm welcome and a privileged accompaniment of our customers by offering them a unique service to build loyalty, cash in purchases, control the cash register, ensure the opening and closing of the shop, manage with the head office customer complaints and other difficulties according to the instructions received, and exceptionally and with the express authorisation of his or her supervisor, carry out bank deposits.
• Presentation and merchandising of the point of sale: Ensuring the arrangement of articles and carrying out sales activities and operations in accordance with merchandising instructions, highlighting products to increase turnover and achieve the objectives set, maintaining a clean and attractive sales outlet.
• Stock management: Receiving goods (quantitative and qualitative checks, etc.), labelling and preventing theft of articles intended for sale, ensuring that they are put away in the sales area or in the storeroom, keeping an eye on goods in order to prevent theft, reporting any stock anomalies to management.
• Internal and external brand ambassador: Respect the usual rules of politeness, courtesy and correctness towards both customers and colleagues, wear clothing that is appropriate to the shop’s brand, correct and suitable and does not undermine the company’s commercial strategy. The wearing of clothing with an apparent brand name that competes with the products sold in the shop is prohibited. In order to guarantee the brand image of the store, specific clothing may be imposed and provided by the company. These outfits may not be worn outside working hours and must be returned at the end of the season.
• Follow-up of safety and hygiene issues: Respect the instructions and guidelines relating to safety and hygiene at the point of sale, show caution and diligence in the performance of their daily work, not damage the material and work equipment and alert their manager of any situation which the employee may believe to be a danger to the health and safety of the teams.
• Administrative management and organisation of the point of sale (on an ad hoc basis, under the supervision of the manager, or autonomously, with the express authorisation of his/her line manager, in order to gain competence): Liaise between the outlet and its partners (head office, suppliers, customers, security, etc.) to provide a first level of response, ensure the upkeep and maintenance of the outlet, contribute to the training of new sales staff thanks to his/her experience of the outlet, collect the information required to draw up the team’s employment contracts and pay, enter the schedules on GTA, etc.
• HR follow-up (on an ad hoc basis, under the supervision of the manager, in order to gain competence): participate in the recruitment of new employees.