Retail Associate

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Ross Stores is the leading off‑price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, offering customers a constant stream of high‑quality brands and on‑trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. Our focus is on delivering a fun treasure‑hunt shopping experience while building a culture that values people, excellence, teamwork, and diversity.

• Understands that safety is the number one priority and practices safe behaviors in everything they do.
• Maintains a high level of awareness on the sales floor to create a safe and secure shopping environment for everyone, ensuring clutter‑free, clear egress to emergency exits and immediately reporting or correcting unsafe conditions.
• Treats all Customers and Associates with respect and courtesy; is friendly and professional at all times and recognizes fellow Associates using Company recognition programs.
• Assists Customers in any way necessary—register‑trained, assists with merchandise, answers questions in a polite and knowledgeable manner, greets all customers, and says “thank you” with every register transaction.
• Provides prompt and efficient responses to Customers at all times, handling all Customer issues in a courteous and helpful way and calling a member of Store Leadership when needed.
• Represents and supports the Company brand at all times.
• Performs cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, wiping counters and mirrors, replenishing restroom supplies, and disinfecting high‑touch areas to help maintain merchandise, customer, and team areas.
• Maintains a professional appearance and adheres to the Company’s dress code at all times.
• Performs daily assigned sizing and recovery per company best practice to ensure a neat, clean, and organized store that is well‑maintained and efficiently merchandised to standards.
• Expedites newly received merchandise receipts to the sales floor with a sense of urgency, merchandising all items per company best practice and maintaining merchandise/brand name familiarity within departments to assist Customers.
• Understands the Loss Prevention Awareness program, the Shortage Highway, the Store Protection Specialist (SPS) position (where applicable), and merchandise protection standards.
• Demonstrates integrity and honesty in all interactions with Associates and Customers, safeguarding confidential information, cash, credit card information, and merchandise.
• Follows all Mark‑Out‑of‑Stock (MOS) policies, including the identification of MOS merchandise, proper processing of each piece, and notifying Store Leadership to review and approve all disposals.
• Follows all policies and procedures concerning cash, check, charge card and refund transactions, voids and offline procedures, maintaining a high level of awareness and accuracy when handling bankable tenders.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to efficiently perform their role, maximizing productivity by executing all Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their workflow.

• Manages Work Processes
• Business Acumen
• Plans, Aligns & Prioritizes
• Builds Talent
• Collaborates
• Leading by Example
• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability & Execution

• Effectively communicate with Customers, Associates and Store Leadership in a friendly, respectful, cooperative and pleasant manner.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations commonly used in retail environments.

• Ability to use all Store equipment, including PDTs, registers and PC as required.
• Ability to spend up to 100% of working time standing, walking, and moving around the Store.
• Ability to regularly bend at the waist, squat, kneel, climb, carry, reach, and stoop.
• Ability to occasionally push, pull and lift more than 25 pounds.
• Ability to use janitorial equipment, rolling racks, ladders and other assigned supplies.
• Certain assignments may require other qualifications and skills.
• Associates who work Stockroom shifts:
  Ability to regularly push, pull and lift more than 20 pounds.

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