Job Objectives:
- To consult with customers, answer product based questions and advise customers in selecting the best products and services that meet their needs.
- To drive and maximise sales of the beauty department through the promotion, cross-selling and up-selling in order to ensure that monthly targets are consistently met.
- To monitor sales, regularly evaluate the performance of products and offer suggestions that results in improved product offerings and increased sales.
- To maintain updated knowledge on all beauty products, ranges, trends, promotions and events in order to provide the correct information to customers at all times.
- To efficiently execute all operational activities within the beauty department, including effective stock management, minimising shrinkage and ensuring a high standard of general housekeeping and administration.
- To ensure all in-store visual merchandising, in-store presentation and promotional standards within the beauty department are consistently met.
- To deliver superior customer service by acting as a brand ambassador, being visible and offering a friendly and professional service.
- To promote the Clicks clubcard and to enroll new clubcard members in order to achieve the clubcard participation targets.
- To increase profitability and brand loyalty with the customers through the promotion of private label and exclusive products.
- To facilitate the brand being the customer’s first choice health and beauty retailer by living and driving the company values.
Minimum requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- Essential: Grade 12
- Desirable: Relevant Beauty/skincare qualification
- Desirable: Experience within beauty / skincare / retail / FMCG environment / sales or marketing environment
Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge:
- Understanding and application of selling principles
- Retail/FMCG background and understanding of merchandising and promotions principles
- Understanding of stock management procedures
- Knowledge of customer service excellence
- Knowledge of beauty and skincare products
- Results and target driven
- Strong customer orientation
- Good communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Engaging and confident
Competencies:
- Persuading and influencing
- Relating and Networking
- Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
- Commercial Thinking
- Following instructions and procedures
- Working with people
- Planning and organising
- Coping with Pressures and Setbacks