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Sales Associate

Village Antiques

Sales Associate

Houston, TX
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Love home decor, antiques and decorating? Do you have HUNGER & the desire to succeed and make lots of money? But you need flexible hours, and can't commit to full-time?

    This job is a rare opportunity where passion and career come together. DREAM HOURS, BE HOME BEFORE SUNSET. FULL TIME PAY, PART TIME WORK HOURS!

    WE ARE HIRING A SALES EXECUTIVE THAT HAS MASTERED RELATIONSHIP SALES. OUR CLIENT BASE IS UPPER MIDDLE CLASS TO HIGH END CONSUMERS AND INTERIOR DECORATORS. WE OFFER PART TIME HOURS WITH FULL TIME SALARY FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE. NO COMPETITION, SUNDAYS, LONG WEEKENDS OR LATE NIGHTS. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TEAM, YOUR WORK FAMILY HERE.

    We carefully select antique and French country furniture masterpieces and make them available to our clients all over the world.

    Village Antiques is looking for a relationship based Sales Associate to join our team and make our client's dream home come true.

    WE ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL “CHURN THEM AND BURN THEM” (SALESPEOPLE) HOME FURNISHINGS RETAIL STORE.

    WE ARE HOUSTON’S ONLY RETAILER WITH A SHOWROOM OF HARD TO FIND FURNITURE DECOR. WE STOCK ANTIQUE REPLICAS AS WELL AS DISPLAY QUALITY, GENUINE ANTIQUE FURNITURE. OUR NEW TEAM HIRE MUST VALUE CUSTOMERS FOR LIFE AS OUR BUSINESS IS BUILT ON

    REQUIREMENTS:

    • DRIVE Sales
    • LEAD the development of new clients
    • Convert walk-in traffic to clients and raving, passionate Village Antiques fans, creating desire and excitement around our products and brands
    • LOVE closing the deal
    • Know how to farm clients for long sales cycles
    • Provide an amazing customer service experience by greeting, listening and assisting customers with their needs
    • Provide warm, prompt, professional, courteous service
    • Be consistently building genuine relationships with thoughtful, and consistent outreach
    • Always have a can-do attitude
    • Attract, recruit and bring in superb, quality suppliers to add to our team of antique suppliers on a consistent daily basis

    COMPANY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

    • Get Paid Every two weeks
    • Multiple Commission Programs
    • Home before sundown, amazing hours!
    • Employee Discounts
    • Paid Vacation
    • Positive Learning, Training with our famous founder who appears regularly on television!
    • Make a difference in people’s lives!

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    Looking for someone experienced in furniture sales, managing long sales cycles, and knows how to follow-up on leads. Someone who takes pride in their job as if it were their own company!

    What makes us different from any other furniture store?

    BE A PART OF A COMPANY WITH A GREAT COMPANY CULTURE, WARM FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE LIKE NO OTHER RETAIL STORE, AMAZING ONE-OF-A-KIND INVENTORY YOU WILL LOVE WORKING WITH, AND WITH HIGH STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE

    IF YOU HAVE A PROVEN HISTORY OF BEING A CONSULTATIVE SALES PROFESSIONAL WHO LOVES FURNITURE, HOME DECOR, AND REFURBISHINGS, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

    You will be proud to work with our one-of-a-kind, well made, quality exquisite home decor and antique furniture. Our customers are high end luxury customers looking for the best products in Houston and are super passionate about our store.

    • Antiques from Europe - the most beautiful furniture you’ve seen
    • Our own custom French Country Furniture line
    • Customers depend on your interior design expertise
    • Freedom to help people
    • Long lasting client relationships
    • Part of a lifestyle shop - people come for unique experiences
    • On television all the time so people recognize VA everywhere
    • Social Media leaders
    • Stable
    • Team driven and focused

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    The ideal candidate is highly motivated, enjoys working one-on-one with customers and thrives in a fun and energetic sales environment. If you share our love for our customers, interior design, antiques, the products we sell, and the work we do as a team; this is a place for you to build a rewarding career.

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    SALES

    • Meet and exceed sales goals.
    • Have the ability to write minimum $40,000+ per month in sales
    • Be able to follow up on sales leads through to the close of the sale
    • Drives high sales through excitement and passion for merchandise and outstanding customer service.
    • Have previous retail sales experience and/or retail manager experience
    • Strong clienteling and customer follow-up skills
    • Enter leads in CRM and ability to follow up

    CUSTOMER FOCUS:

    • Maintains a strong and genuine customer focus on the sales floor at all times.
    • Monitors and adheres to all safety regulations and policies as directed by the company.
    • Partners with the store team to maintain company standards of a neat, clean, and organized store.
    • Maintain a professional appearance and follow uniform policy that represents the Village Antiques brand.
    • Builds customer loyalty through company sponsored programs.

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    REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY

    • At least 2+ years retail management experience, this is a strict requirement
    • Energetic, results oriented and competitive with a drive to succeed
    • Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
    • Stable and progressive work history; Strong work ethic
    • High School Diploma, or equivalent
    • Bilingual preferred
    • Must be proficient on the computer

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS

    • Must be available to work eight hour shifts and an average of 40 hours per week: including day shifts, weekends, and holidays.
    • Ability to lift 50 pounds on a regular basis.
    • Ability to stand for long periods of time; climb up and down a ladder.
    • Constant walking and standing; frequent bending, stooping and reaching.
    • Ability to package and process shipments daily.

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    Company Description

    We are the the best French Country furniture store in Houston and hiring! If you have a PASSION for design, decorating, French antiques, painted furniture, chalk finish paint, rare home accessories, beautiful art, SALES and working in a beautiful inspiring environment this is the perfect job for you! You will be proud to work with our one-of-a-kind, well made, quality exquisite home decor and furniture. Our customers are high end luxury customers looking for the best products in Houston and are super passionate about our store! Large 10,000 square foot European antique furniture and home decor store