Sales Associate​/Training Specialist Covent Garden

Job Description

Interested in a career in retail? Passionate about the outdoors? If that sounds like you, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Salomon family!

To perform this job successfully, you will:

• Utilize exceptional customer service skills, sales techniques and Salomon product knowledge to connect customers with the right product and drive sales
• Accompany and advise customers to provide them with a high-level customer experience, propose complementary products (additional sales)
• Be proficient in sales techniques and the digital tools available in store to provide outstanding customer service
• Assist in protecting company assets and procedures through promoting loss prevention and ensure that the stockroom is clean and well‑organized
• Be confident at cash handling
• Master standard operating procedures, health and safety guidelines, visual merchandising and community marketing principles
• Be a brand ambassador and leverage the brand service culture

Additionally you will be responsible for leading training sessions for the Retail Team, supporting the onboarding process for new starters and liaising with the Retail Training Team in HQ (France).

This position involves 100% presence on the sales floor.

• Previous experience in customer service and retail
• You love interacting with people and sharing your enthusiasm with the team
• Passion and knowledge of Salomon's core sports
• Team player
• Hands on approach with a strong willingness to learn
• Flexibility to work a schedule that can include evenings, weekends and holidays

Permanent contract, full-time

Start date:

immediately

• Join a French company, based in the French Alpes, with a worldwide presence, concerned about the well‑being of its employees and committed to respecting the environment.
• Career opportunities in France or abroad
• Develop your potential and skills as part of a friendly and supportive team

• Fixed salary + monthly bonus scheme
• Local benefits
• Discounts on Amer Sports products including Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson from day one

At Salomon, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We are committed to offering an inclusive place where recruitment and career development are based on qualifications, experience, skills, performance and personal merit.