JEWELRY/SALES SPECIALIST

Position Summary:

Fred Meyer Jewelers sales professionals are welcoming, friendly, understanding, caring, dynamic, driven, and creative individuals who believe what they are doing every day makes a difference in achieving the same, ideal customer experience. Sales professionals achieve personal sales targets by turning every one of our customers life's meaningful moments into a celebration worth remembering by offering a fine jewelry experience that is approachable, special and lasting. Our sales professionals engage customers in such a manner as to create a desire for and make our products as relevant, exciting and accessible to as many people as possible every day. We provide training on sales techniques, product knowledge, and skills to help you, our sales professionals, be successful and create a refreshing and uplifting shopping experience for our customers.Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of self and others.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:
• Model Customer 1st behavior; deliver and encourage other associates to deliver excellent customer service
• Achieve personal targets that drive sales (e.g., credit applications and protection plan attachment rates)
• Promote Diamond Parties and special events with every customer
• Work with teammates towards store goals, creating a positive working atmosphere, and supporting each other to combine individual strengths to enhance team performance
• Foster life-long emotional connections with customers by clienteling
• Provide product knowledge, features and benefits to all customers when presenting merchandise
• Advise customers on quality, cuts, and/or value of jewelry and gems and assist in selecting mountings and/or settings for gems
• Attend required monthly meetings
• Operate point of sale (POS) and take payment or obtain credit authorization
• Inspect and clean customers' jewelry
• Provide estimates for jewelry and watch repairs
• Perform watch battery replacements and watch band adjustments
• Follow receiving and processing procedures
• Display merchandise and promotional materials in accordance with corporate merchandising plans
• Perform business opening and closing procedures as outlined in Policy and Procedures Guide
• Perform basic housekeeping, such as vacuuming carpet, cleaning display surfaces, cleaning merchandise, and washing windows
• Maintain safety and security of location by following all Loss Prevention and Security policy and procedures
• Participate in the inventory process
• Complete case counts
• Maintain flexibility to work any shift, including weekends, holidays and overtime
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications

Desired Previous Job Experience:
• Sales, retail and/or jewelry experience

Minimum Position Qualifications/Education:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Commitment to excellence, desire to grow and ability to provide refreshing shopping experience
• Goal oriented and sales driven and passion to succeed
• Minimum 18 years of age
• Ability to pass drug test
• Maintain confidentiality
• Accuracy/attention to detail

To support and reward our hardworking and friendly associates, we offer much more than just a paycheck. Our associates receive comprehensive benefits that promote their physical, emotional and financial well-being, including access to competitive health care and retirement benefits, paid time off, mental health resources, associate discounts and opportunities to learn, grow and advance. Based in Portland, Oregon with nearly 130 stores across the United States, Fred Meyer Jewelers offers employment opportunities in Sales, Store Management, District Supervision as well as opportunities in our division office in merchandise, store operations, marketing, eCommerce and administrative support. We are always searching for individuals who share our vision to be the jewelry of choice for all of life’s occasions. If you want to deliver the friendliest jewelry experience, conveniently located where you already shop, you have found a home and the right opportunity with Fred Meyer Jewelers. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Below is a list of some of the benefits we offer our associates.

Health & Well-being Benefits:

• Health care benefits
• Paid time off such as vacation, sick leave and parental leave
• Mental and emotional support resources through our Employee Assistance Program

Financial Benefits

• Participation in a 401(k) plan, subject to certain eligibility requirements
• Group term life insurance eligible
• Eligible for commission and other incentives based on sales goals
• Associate discounts on jewelry and in host store

Growth and Development Benefits:

• Tuition assistance, college scholarships and educational leave of absence, depending on varying criteria by location and subject to certain eligibility requirements
• Robust internal training and development resources to grow your career

We want the best for our associates and customers, and together, we strive to create a welcoming and engaging environment where you’ll love to work. If you are interested in becoming a valued member of our team, apply now. We look forward to getting to know you!