Sales Associate - Timberland

Join us now for the chance to be part of an amazing team and be responsible for providing our customers with a memorable shopping experience! We’re looking for a passionate Sales Associate to join our Timberland team at our store in Braintree, Essex. As a Sales Associate you will inspire our customers, deliver an excellent service, and help maintain the highest standards on our shop floor.

Timberland is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of premium footwear, apparel and accessories for the outdoor lifestyle. For decades, we have been guided by a higher

Purpose:

to inspire and equip the world to step outside, work together and make it better.

You love interacting with customers. You set a great example for the rest of the team with your hands‑on mentality, enthusiasm, and passion for delivering a fantastic customer experience. You have a positive can‑do attitude, facing all situations in the store. You are passionate about our brand, fashion, and retail in general. You have excellent written and verbal communication in English (another language is a plus but not necessary).

You are flexible when it comes to working weekends, evenings and holidays as necessary. Previous experience is great but not necessary. What matters most of all is that you live and demonstrate our Guiding Principles:
Live with Integrity, Act Courageously, Be Curious, Act with Empathy, and Persevere.

• Providing the highest level of customer service, ensuring that all customers are treated with respect
• Developing a thorough knowledge of products in store
• Maintaining merchandising standards in accordance with brand guidelines
• Keeping up to date with current trends and the brand’s place within the market
• Following all operational procedures in the store and in the stock room.

We offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical and financial well-being for all VF associates. When it comes to benefits, we’re the total package.

Most companies say they offer a competitive salary, an amazing bonus and pension scheme and staff discounts (btw we offer 50%!). And we offer the same.

Only different.

• Career ownership, enabling you to build your knowledge and experience across different brands
• A supportive feedback‑based culture where respect and integrity guide us in what we do
• Tailored training. From an induction to ongoing online and face‑to‑face training sessions, we are committed to helping you grow, both professionally and personally
• Free to BeWe strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, VFis committed to support disadvantaged groups whilst providing equal opportunities for both VF associates and applicants alike.

VF s’engage à créer un environnement inclusif qui accueille et valorise les différences parmi tous ses associés, ses clients, ses fournisseurs et les collectivités où nous vivons et exerçons nos activités. Le succès et la croissance continus de VF sont renforcés par des initiatives qui favorisent la diversité à l’échelle mondiale.

VF s’engage à offrir l’égalité des chances en matière d’emploi et à traiter ses associés et ses candidats sans discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, le sexe, l’âge,…