Macy's Seasonal Retail Merchandising Support, Part Time: Springfield Mall, VA

Company: Macy's
Location: Springfield
Posted on: November 23, 2020

Job Description:

Overview:--
The Seasonal Merchandising Support Associate, also known as a Front of House Associate, is responsible for providing a great shopping experience and driving sales and profit through customer service, accurate pricing and signing, arranging and maintaining attractive visual presentation in windows, on ledges, shelves, and fashion panels throughout the store, and ensuring proper sales floor merchandising as well as accurate merchandise movement throughout the building.-- Operational duties include but are not limited to floor moves, replenishment, inventory; shortage control, stockroom organization, merchandising, set up and removal of signs for promotional events/sales, completing price changing activities, and ringing point of sale transactions.--
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In order to present our customers with the best holiday shopping experience, many of our Seasonal associates arrive prior to store opening and remain after closing to ensure we are ready to make Macy's magic. Seasonal associates will have the opportunity to work a flexible schedule on a temporary basis, which may include early mornings, evenings, weekends and busy events such as the day after Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas. And don't forget - just in time for holiday shopping, you will receive an employee discount of up to 20% starting your first day!
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Any schedule hours listed in the job posting title are subject to change based on business needs. All holiday associates may be required to work hours other than those stated in the job posting title on weekends, or on key holiday events such as the Friday after Thanksgiving.--Essential Functions:

• Provide an exceptional customer shopping experience by ensuring that both the store and online customers are always the #1 priority.
• Service the customer in a helpful and friendly manner including point of sale transactions, credit and loyalty program enrollment, and helping him/her find what he/she is looking for.
• Collaborate with Managers, Leads and Colleagues throughout the store to create a clean, neat and easy to shop store environment; maintain sales floor and fitting room recovery standards to include fitting room stalls, sorting merchandise and ensuring merchandise is worked back to sales floor as soon as time permits.
• Support Omni-channel initiatives such as fulfillment of online or Buy Online/Pick Up in Store orders.
• Perform all functions in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner and flex between tasks as directed by supervisor.
• Participate in the physical inventory process and ensure that shortage prevention initiatives are executed.
• Adhere to Asset Protection and inventory control and compliance procedures.
• Collaborate with peers to coordinate merchandise support tasks and flex between tasks (merchandising, pricing, signing, fulfillment, replenishment, receiving, reverse logistics, radio frequency scanning, and stockroom maintenance) as needed to ensure completion/execution.
• Execute merchandising tasks including placement of merchandise to standards, movement of fixtures and merchandise for seasonal sets, stockroom maintenance, and organization, replenishment to the selling floor, collection and transport of picked fulfillment orders to appropriate processing areas, processing and packing of damages, transfers, return to vendor and mark out of stock merchandise, and other duties as assigned.
• Execute signing tasks including organization, maintenance, and accountability of sign shop and sign cart including sign libraries, toppers, headers, and holders, sign set up/removal based on radio frequency hand held tools, conducting random sign audits to ensure correct selling price is reflected on signs, and other duties as assigned.
• Execute pricing tasks including marking correct markup/markdown price on merchandise, using correct price change labels, conducting random price audits to ensure correct price is reflected on merchandise, and other duties as assigned.
• Pull merchandise to set-up visual representations.
• Construct, paint, set-up, and install signs, sale banners, panels, and other items required for special events, clearance events, and fashion shows.
• Set-up and maintain fixtures using hand or power tools, such as saws, dykes, hammers, screwdrivers, staple guns, ladders, mannequin units, scissors, nails, spray paint, spray glue, and knives.
• Maintain and present visual displays in a compelling and exciting manner in accordance with company.
• Assist customers and complete point of sale transactions as needed.
• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality. Qualifications:
  
  Education/Experience:
  • No specific educational accomplishments are required.
  • Previous experience in a support role is helpful.---- Communication Skills:
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Ability to interpret instructional documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.---- Mathematical Skills:
      • Basic math functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
      • Able to use a calculator.-- Reasoning Ability:
        • Self-starter.
        • Able to work independently and as part of a team.
        • Must have good time management skills.-- Physical Demands:
          • This position requires constant moving and standing.
          • Must be able to stand for at least two consecutive hours.
          • Must be able to lift at least 30 lbs.
          • May occasionally be required to reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb ladders.
          • May have to reach above eye level; Involves close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.-- Other Skills:
            • Possess strong merchandising skills.
            • Possess vision and creativity.
            • Ability to collaborate and function as a member of a team.
            • Must possess a strong sense of urgency.
            • Should be comfortable with the use of computers and frequent use of radio frequency equipment. Work Hours:
              • Flexible with scheduling and available to work retail hours, which may include day, evening, weekends, and/or holidays.------This job overview is not all inclusive.-- In addition, Macy's, Inc. reserves the right to amend this job overview at any time.-- Macy's is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.-- Macy's, Inc. - including Macy's and Bloomingdale's - will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal convictions in a manner consistent with----and--.
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