Seasonal Associate

Overview

As a Famous Footwear Seasonal Associate
, you are passionate about providing the best shoe store experience for every customer
. You create a welcoming environment and in-store culture where customers say, “I’ll take it” and are loyal to your store, our brands, and our company. You are a team player who celebrates individual and team successes and stay informed about trends to share knowledge with customers, building engaging customer experiences. Most importantly, you LOVE shoes and help every person who enters the store experience a little bit of that Famous Feeling
.

What You’ll be Doing

• Ace Retail Operations: You’ll ensure daily store tasks (pricing, shipment processing, fulfillment and inventory) are dialed in, keeping the store running like a tightly laced sneaker. Using company standards as a framework for success, you’ll deliver on keeping the store clean, organized, and making our famous styles easily shoppable.
• Be a Famous Culture Influencer: Champion our culture by embodying the behaviors that power our Customer Connection. You’ll provide stellar customer engagement, leaving customers wowed with top-notch experiences driven by your attentiveness and determination to deliver the styles and brands they crave.
• Elevate to Your Goal-Crushing Era: Bring your best to each day; take accountability for your effort and its impact on the company s performance. Review store performance and drive sales with purpose and urgency to achieve goals. Every shoe sale counts. As a goal-getter, deliver clear, concise and timely communications to the entire store team and employ active listening to ensure understanding among teammates.
• Act with Integrity: Maintain high standards, adhere to company policies and procedures, and seek feedback to improve your skills and professional development.
• Bring the Positive Vibes: Embrace diversity and inclusivity as a team superpower. Maintain a positive and proactive mindset, uplift and support others, and help teammates with training and development when needed.
• Be a Shoe-off: You are shoe-obsessed. When a customer enters the store, you’re a shoe sleuth on the hunt for the perfect styles to suit their needs. It brightens your day to make shoe recommendations and ensure customers leave with the perfect fit and the Famous Feeling.

Essential Functions: Other responsibilities may be performed as needed to meet business needs. Overtime hours may be required.

• Our Shoe Discounts: No matter your style, enjoy a 30% Associate Discount across Caleres’s retail stores — Famous Footwear, Naturalizer, Sam Edelman, and Allen Edmonds.
• Relaxed Dress Code & Small Team Environment: Be a valued member in a supportive setting with a relaxed dress code that lets you showcase your authentic self.
• Daily Access to Pay: Get paid as you earn with Dayforce Wallet.
• Ease of Transferring Locations: We have over 850 store locations you can transfer within.

Preferred Qualifications & Education

• High School Diploma/GED
• Able to build constructive and effective relationships within the store
• Demonstrates an ability to communicate positively with store associates at all levels
• Must exercise independent judgment and discretion partnering with Store Sales Manager and/or Assistant Managers, as needed
• Working knowledge of general retail practices and procedures
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including holidays, nights, weekends and extended hours

Physical Requirements and/or Environment

• Ability to regularly lift up to 40 lbs. from floor level to above shoulder height using appropriate equipment and safety techniques
• Ability to meet demands of frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, climbing, pushing, pulling, and repetitive lifting
• Ability to be mobile on the sales floor for extended periods of time