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Retail Merchandise Associate

HomeGoods • Middletown, NY 10940 • Posted 25 days ago

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In-person • Part-time • $15.00-$15.50/hr • Entry Level

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The Retail Merchandise Associate at HomeGoods is responsible for delivering a highly satisfied customer experience through engaging and interacting with all customers, embodying customer experience principles, and maintaining a clean and organized store environment. This role involves adhering to operational, merchandise, and loss prevention standards, and may include cross-training to support various store areas.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver a highly satisfied customer experience by engaging and interacting with all customers.
  • Embody customer experience principles and philosophy.
  • Maintain a clean and organized store environment.
  • Adhere to all operational, merchandise, and loss prevention standards.
  • May be cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store to support business needs.
  • Model established customer experience practices with internal and external customers.
  • Support and embody a positive store culture through honesty, integrity, and respect.
  • Accurately ring customer purchases/returns and count change back to customer according to established operating procedures.
  • Promote credit and loyalty programs.
  • Maintain and uphold merchandising philosophy and follow established merchandising procedures and standards.
  • Accurately process and prepare merchandise for the sales floor following company procedures and standards.
  • Initiate and participate in store recovery as needed throughout the day.
  • Maintain all organizational, cleanliness, and recovery standards for the sales floor.
  • Provide and accept recognition and constructive feedback.
  • Adhere to all labor laws, policies, and procedures.
  • Support and participate in store shrink reduction goals and programs.
  • Participate in safety awareness and maintain a safe environment.

Qualifications

Required

  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Able to work a flexible schedule to support business needs
  • Strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Capable of multi-tasking
  • Able to respond appropriately to changes in direction or unexpected situations
  • Capable of lifting heavy objects with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Works effectively with peers and supervisors

Preferred

  • Retail customer experience

About HomeGoods

HomeGoods is an American chain of discount home furnishing stores offering a wide variety of products including furniture, home decor, lighting, rugs, bedding, and kitchenware. It is part of The TJX Companies and was founded in 1992 in Framingham, Massachusetts. HomeGoods focuses on providing high-quality home furnishings at affordable prices by purchasing excess inventory from manufacturers and department stores.

Full Job Description

Style is never in short supply at our more than 500 HomeGoods stores and we are constantly on a mission to provide the little surprises and extra touches that make a house feel like home. Same with working here. Our environment is ever-changing, yet always encouraging. Every shift is a new opportunity to Discover Different.

Posting Notes: HomeGoods Store 0201 || 88-38 Dunning Road || Middletown || NY || 10940

Opportunity: Contribute To The Growth Of Your Career

Responsible for delivering a highly satisfied customer experience proven by engaging and interacting with all customers, embodying customer experience principles and philosophy, and maintaining a clean and organized store environment. Adheres to all operational, merchandise, and loss prevention standards. May be cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store in order to support the needs of the business.

  • Role models established customer experience practices with internal and external customers
  • Supports and embodies a positive store culture through honesty, integrity, and respect
  • Accurately rings customer purchases/returns and counts change back to customer according to established operating procedures
  • Promotes credit and loyalty programs
  • Maintains and upholds merchandising philosophy and follows established merchandising procedures and standards
  • Accurately processes and prepares merchandise for the sales floor following company procedures and standards
  • Initiates and participates in store recovery as needed throughout the day
  • Maintains all organizational, cleanliness, and recovery standards for the sales floor and participates in the maintenance/cleanliness of the entire store
  • Provides and accepts recognition and constructive feedback
  • Adheres to all labor laws, policies, and procedures
  • Supports and participates in store shrink reduction goals and programs
  • Participates in safety awareness and maintains a safe environment
  • Other duties as assigned

Who We Are Looking For: You!

  • Possesses excellent customer service skills
  • Able to work a flexible schedule to support business needs
  • Possesses strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Capable of multi-tasking
  • Able to respond appropriately to changes in direction or unexpected situations
  • Capable of lifting heavy objects with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Works effectively with peers and supervisors
  • Retail customer experience preferred

Benefits include: Associate discount; EAP; smoking cessation; bereavement; 401(k) Associate contributions; child care & cell phone discounts; pet & legal insurance; credit union; referral bonuses. Those who meet service or hours requirements are also eligible for: 401(k) match; medical/dental/vision; HSA; health care FSA; life insurance; short/long term disability; paid parental leave; paid holidays/vacation/sick; auto/home insurance discounts; scholarship program; adoption assistance. All benefits are provided in accordance with and subject to the terms of the applicable plan or program and may change from time to time. Contact your TJX representative for more information.

This position has a starting pay range of $15.00 to $15.50 per hour.
Actual starting pay is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

At HomeGoods, we embrace the unknown⁠ - with new products, new challenges and new ways to make a house a home. Our products add little, special touches to customers' lives and our people do the same for each other. Everyone supports each other to Discover Different - here and throughout the entire TJX family, which includes TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Sierra, and Homesense.

Discover Different means we embrace each other’s differences and unique perspectives. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.


Posting Notes: HomeGoods Store 0201 || 88-38 Dunning Road || Middletown || NY || 10940