COMPANY OVERVIEW

Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and with a brand portfolio of over 42 Brands domestically and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Energetic and positive attitude
• 1-2 years of retail experience
• Flexible availability; reliable transportation
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Customer service-oriented. (outgoing, friendly, and personable with a positive attitude
• Must be able to move and/or lift to 25 pounds
• High school degree

Customer Experience

• Ability to function as a role model at all times, ensuring that customers remain the top priority; ability to respond to all customer needs.
• Achieves excellent scores on secret shopper reports.
• Ensure the store is visually distinctive and appearance impeccably maintained.
• Demonstrates awareness of store sales plans and results.
• Demonstrates awareness of individual contribution to business results.
• Promotes merchandise and demonstrates product knowledge to customers and assists them with any requests.
• Shares vision and plans execution of store strategy in alignment with corporate and district initiatives.
• Understands reports, analysis of business trends and inventory opportunities

Customer Experience

• Ability to function as a role model at all times, ensuring that customers remain the top priority; ability to respond to all customer needs.
• Achieves excellent scores on secret shopper reports.
• Ensure the store is visually distinctive and appearance impeccably maintained.
• Demonstrates awareness of store sales plans and results.
• Demonstrates awareness of individual contribution to business results.
• Promotes merchandise and demonstrates product knowledge to customers and assists them with any requests.
• Shares vision and plans execution of store strategy in alignment with corporate and district initiatives.
• Understands reports, analysis of business trends and inventory opportunities.

Operational Responsibilities

• Prioritizes workflow through successful planning and time management.
• Supports appropriate staffing levels based on business trends and payroll guidelines.
• Understands and complies with all company policies, procedures and operations.
• Supports the Store Manager on meeting the expectations for the maintenance and the physical appearance and cleanliness of the store.
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
• Communicates all loss prevention occurrences to the Store Manager, District Manager and Loss Prevention Manager.

• Supports the supervision and motivates staff members.

  Visual, Brand And Product Management

• Participates and supports execution of all pricing strategies to achieve gross margin.

• Supports the execution of merchandise set up according to visual guidelines.
• Communicates store inventory opportunities to the Store Manager.

• Supports replenishment of merchandise on the selling floor as needed.

  People Responsibilities

• Adheres to Human Resources standards following general practices.

• Holds teams accountable for achieving results and communicates with Store Managers opportunities.
• Manages conflict
• Empowers and involves the team in the decision making process while guiding the process.
• Receptive to feedback and fosters dialogue around solutions.
• Maintains confidentiality and meets own commitments.