Our vision is that every person has the opportunity to learn, work, and thrive in all aspects of life.

To achieve our vision, we are committed to dismantling racism and advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion so we can help people reach their fullest potential through our education, job placement, and career pathway services. We do our work with great gratitude for the community donations, purchases, and partnerships that make our mission possible.

Our Blue Boutique in Tacoma (Proctor), WA store is seeking a Full Time Boutique Sales Lead!

Salary: $16.74 Per Hour

Position Summary: A Blue Boutique Sales Lead supervises, has keys to the store and coordinates the activities of store employees on a daily basis. A successful Sales Lead at the Blue Boutique will present a professional image and will be knowledgeable in fashion, designer brands and merchandising.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Boutique Sales Lead responsibilities include the following and other duties as assigned:

• Assigns duties to workers and schedules break periods
• Trains workers in store policies, department procedures, and job duties
• Collaborates with the store manager on merchandising product in a way that maximizes sales
• Listens to customer complaints, examines returned merchandise, and resolves problems to restore and promote good customer experiences
• Assists sales workers in completing difficult sales

Customer Service

• Ability to deliver exceptional customer service to a variety of customers.

Product Quality Assurance

• Inspects merchandise to ensure it is acceptable for pricing and display.

Collaborative Demeanor

• Able to be an effective part of the team in order to reach sales goals.

Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements:

• 6 months - 1 year experience or training in retail fashion
• Be willing to work alongside others to achieve store goals.
• Have strong communication and organizational skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and competing deadlines.
• Be reliable, and work a flexible schedule based on business needs.
• Be coachable, and have a strong desire for personal & professional growth.
• Exceptional analytical, judgment, decision-making and communications skills
• Superior coaching, leadership and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build understanding

We Have You Covered! Benefits Offered:

• M/V/D & Life Insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Vacation (1-4 Years: 80 hours annually)
• 10 paid Holidays annually
• 8 days prorated sick leave annually
• Access to Childcare Benefits through WeeCare
• Parental leave covered by sick/vacation hours
• All employees receive merchandise discounts
• We strongly believe in promoting from within, and have multiple avenues for career growth

Supervisory Responsibilities: Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

Cultural Competency: Demonstrate cultural competence; specifically, awareness, attitude, knowledge, willingness and skills to work effectively with a culturally and demographically diverse population.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret hard data and metrics. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and average.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel.

Other Skills and Abilities: Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of a Boutique Sales Lead.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Not required for this position.

Other Qualifications: Self-motivated; resourceful, creative; high integrity; problem solver; looks to resolve issues; positive can-do approach; and ability to build effective working relationships.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Goodwill gladly considers requests for accommodation and, if the requested accommodation is reasonable, will make such reasonable accommodations as will enable an otherwise qualified person with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position.

At Goodwill we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. We embrace our employees' differences, and believe in meeting the members of our workforce and their communities where they are. Since our doors first opened in 1921, we have been changing lives by offering a hand up, not a hand out. We invite you to join us for our next 100 years of service to our neighbors.

Our Mission is to help people reach their fullest potential through individual education, job placement and career pathway services made possible by community donations, purchases and partnerships.

At Goodwill, we welcome people with diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities or other disadvantages. In fact, a substantial portion of our employees have a disability and/or economic disadvantage and we strongly encourage such persons to apply.

This organization participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a service that verifies authorization to work in the U.S. through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Social Security (SSA). For further information on E-Verify contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.