Tuesday, May 7, 2013

NY Showplace - Sales Associate


Sales Associate
Showplace Antique + Design Center
(New York NY)


Showplace Antique + Design Center, New York City's premier destination for collectors and designers, seeks a top-notch, part-time sales associate to join our team. The successful applicant will manage all aspects of sales while generating and building relationships with interior designers.

Responsibilities:
-Greet customers, help them select merchandise, and respond to their questions in a friendly and professional manner. He or she will provide customers with exceptional assistance by actively engaging them in the sales process while guiding them through our floors of period furniture, lighting, antiques, and decorative arts.
-Develop and maintain knowledge of our inventory and services to help facilitate and increase sales.
-Accurately operate Point of Sales System (register) using various functions such as cash and credit card transactions.

Requirements:
-Gallery experience with a furniture or decorative arts background
-Outstanding organizational, communications, and networking skills essential
-Knowledge of the interior design trade and twentieth-century furnishings
-Computer and internet savvy
-Experience in managing online sales
-Team player with a broad view
-Common sense and good judgment
-Weekend work a must along with a great sense of humor
-Excellent attention to detail
-Visual merchandising skills a plus

Please submit a brief cover letter explaining why you are the best suited for this job along with your resume to amos@nyshowplace.com.  Resumes without a cover letter will not be answered.

No phone calls please.

Website: http://www.nyshowplace.com