Shop Assistant needed at Toys R Us and Babies R Us South Africa

Job purpose:

• Maximizing sales by effectively delivering AWESOME customer service and providing customers with a WOW experience

Key Skills needed:

• Sales driven
• Fantastic customer service skills
• Tenacious
• Highly motivated and target driven
• Excellent selling and communication skills
• Merchandising

Key Performance Areas

• Providing AWESOME customer service to give customer a WOW experience
• Attend to unique and individual shopping needs of each customer and always put the Customer first
• Ensuring that customers receive prompt and relevant service on the sales floor and by telephone
• Adhere to all basic customer service standards
• Determining customers’ requirements and advising on product range, price and warranties
• Demonstrating, explaining and advising on products to customers
• Selling goods and most importantly add on sales and services
• Ensuring that goods are correctly priced and displayed
• Ensure promotions are executed timeously and execution is planned in advance
• Adherence to all merchandising/layouts and housekeeping standards and schedules
• Preparation, implementation and maintenance of all advertised sales promotions timeously
• Reporting on fast and slow sellers to the Store Manager
• Participating in stock takes and stock counts
• Minimize stock loss
• Minimize expenses in area of responsibility
• Maximize sales in all areas
• Protect Company’s assets in area of responsibility

Entry Requirement

• Matric Certificate
• 6 (six) months retail experience
• Must have own or reliable transport to be able to work shifts

General

• To undertake any other relevant duties requested by Senior Management
• To undertake all mandatory and service training as required
• Maintaining the strict confidentiality of all information
• To undertake an appraisal and personal development review regularly
• To take responsibility and accountability for being up to date with current SOP’s
• Co-operating fully in the introduction of any new technology and new methods.