Senior Sales Assistant (Visual Merchandising)

Our west elm store in Chapel St is seeking a Senior Sales Associate (Visual Merchandising) to deliver a unique shopping experience through excellent customer service in a fast-paced, specialty retail environment. This is a permanent, part time role (40 hours per fortnight).

As a Senior Sales Assistant (Visual Merchandising) you will:

• Create unique, engaging experiences for customers by sharing expertise on enhancing their home.
• Drive sales through strategic merchandising and leading weekly promotional and visual changes. 
• Ensure the store meets visual, replenishment, cleanliness, safety and back of house standards.
• Provide operational support to the store management team by performing opening and closing routines, register functions and back office procedures.
• Meet personal targets, and supervise and coach the team to deliver world-class service and achieve team goals. 
• Use effective selling techniques and provide in-depth product knowledge. 
• Utilise training resources to educate the team on our product range and develop their sales skills.
• Create and ensure a positive environment where all associates are treated fairly and with dignity, in accordance with our People-First Philosophy.

We think you’ll be successful in this role if you: 

• Have retail sales experience, ideally in Visual Merchandising, specialty retail and / or homewares.
• Have customer service experience.
• Have experience in managing others or are looking to step into a leadership role.
• Are passionate about homewares and design.
• Love to sell and are driven to meet and exceed targets.
• Succeed in a team environment, but can work independently and manage your own time.
• Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and constantly look for ways to upsell and cross-sell.
• Enjoy engaging with customers, discovering their story, style and lifestyle to connect them to the right products.
• Have the ability to convert customers and capture emails through engaging store and community events.
• Are most successful when provided with clearly defined sales goals and metrics.
• Have effective communication, organisation and leadership skills.
• Are able to coach team members to succeed in meeting targets.

You’ll love working here because: 

• We’re a successful, fast-growing, data-driven company with an entrepreneurial vibe.
• We offer competitive salaries and a generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands. 
• We love to promote internally, and offer many development opportunities through training, coaching and cross-brand and cross-function career moves. 
• We’re passionate about where we’ve come from, but we’re pushing forward, redefining retail for the next generation. 
• We live and breathe client experience.
• We have a smart, experienced leadership team that are open to fresh ideas. 
• We believe in autonomy and reward you for taking initiative.
• We get to be creative daily and we have fun!

If you are passionate about leading dynamic teams and delivering world-class service, apply today! 

Please note, this is a permanent, part time position (40 hours per fortnight) with a fixed two-week rotating roster. Only those holding the required work rights in Australia will be considered.