A retail sales associate is hired by the company to increase their sales. His/her main task is to sell the products or services. Retail sales associate needs to be in constant touch with the customers and provide them the services they ask for.
Retail sales associates are responsible for improving customer satisfaction which in turn will result in higher sales and greater revenue.
Companies look for various skills in retail sales associate’s resume/cv. Some of them are good previous sales record, good customer service, excellent communication skills and basic computer skills.
There are more skills and qualities which are required to be highly successful in this field. You can check them in the below mentioned retails sales associate resume samples.
Retail Sales Associate Resume Sample
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Rob Wilson
743 Xyz Abc Road.
Chicago, IL – xxxxx
Email: email@example.com | Home: xxx-xxx-xxxx | Mobile: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Professional Summary
AÂ Seasoned retail sales associate with over five years of retail experience including register, sales floor, and stockroom. Currently working at the ABC Store and is well-versed in exceptional customer service and desires to make the customer experience enjoyable and memorable. Received numerous compliments from co-workers and guests, including secret shoppers.
Skills & Abilities
Highlights:
- Bilingual, able to fluently communicate in English and Spanish.
- Eye for detail.
- Time management skills.
- Athletic, versatile with heavy loads.
- Welcoming customer service.
Additional Extracurricular\events:
- Active athlete, baseball player.
- Photography.
- Wardrobe specialist.
- Social organizer.
Community Service:
- Organized Blood Donation Camps.
- Cleaning Baseball fields, parks & natural environments.
- Provide food and clothes (summer camp 2010).
- Art and free writing.
Work Experience
1) Retail Sales Associate
Company Name – Chicago, IL
January 2012 to Present
- Prepared product for the sales floor.
- Directed guests to product locations.
- Tailored selling approach to each individual guest.
- Suggested complementary items and add-ons to guests’ purchases.
- Suggested alternative products if the original product was sold out.
- Called additional stores or checked online for a product not found in our location.
- Monitored entrances and store for suspicious activity.
- Kept work areas clean, neat, and safe for guests and employees.
- Followed SOPs at the register to ensure accuracy for all transactions.
- Prepared outgoing shipments for guests.
- Reported incidents to management.
- Found creative solutions to keep the selling floor, employee areas, and stockroom organized.
- Processed shipment in a timely manner.
- Restocked shelves in an orderly and efficient manner in the stockroom and selling floor.
- Documented product to be sent to the overstock off-site room.
- Performed live, in-store events.
2) Student Work Aid
ABC College – Chicago, IL
January 2010 to December 2011
- Maintained theater and classroom spaces on campus.
- Trained new work aids on procedures and job duties.
- Supervised load-ins and strikes of main stage shows.
- Inventoried department supplies.
- Scheduled and performed prop office appointments.
Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s in Psychology
ABC University – 2009
Additional Information
- Extensive experience coordinating, planning, and managing the end-to-end task of running a four to ten-person crew management and corrective/preventive maintenance of technical systems including computer networks.
- Eager to apply talent for rapidly learning new systems and processes to a challenging role in an industry demanding motivation and technical skills.
- Hands-on leader and committed team contributor with abilities applicable to high-performing roles in competitive enterprises.
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
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Here are few shorter examples which will give you more idea about how to write a resume for the position of Retail Sales Associate.
Check these Retail Sales Associate resume samples.
I hope you find something interesting and valuable from these examples.
Example 1:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: New York, NY
Experience: 4 Years.
- Men’s team sales associate.
- Accessories team sales associate.
- Service experience representative.
- Open and closing registers.
- Opening and closing sales floor and departments.
- Phone inquiries.
- Merchandising sales floor and lead displays.
- Accepted into Rack Advanced program.
Skills:
- Stage Management.
- Strong organization skills.
- Excellent communication.
- Microsoft proficient.
- Fast learner.
- Energetic work attitude.
- Time management.
- Able to work independently and in groups.
- Multi-tasker.
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Example 2:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Experience: 2 Years.
- Currently working as the Retail Sales Lead.
- Managing Retail Sales Associates in the front end.
- Supporting the Operations Leader and Site Leader through operations processes of time keeping (Kronos), scheduling (Excel), ordering of new goods, setting up and participating in interviews for new hires (Search & Hire, Indeed).
- I also participate in keeping daily budgets, goals and financial operations running smoothly.
- I play an important role in helping make our total team successful with motivation, drive, positivity and customer service.
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Example 3:
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Retail Associate (Sales)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Experience: 3 Years.
- Served in multiple locations with the common goal and responsibility for handling high volume stores, equipment, and operations to meet mission critical goals and high-performance standards.
- Improved employee engagement throughout Territory through appropriate behaviors and actions.
- Identifies opportunities to drive traffic into the store through community events.
- Demonstrates desired behaviors for staff including driving sales, handling difficult and/or complicated sales, cash management, inventory and follow up with customers.
- Assists staff with providing a strong leadership presence and control in store, while ensuring that all customers receive good service and quality merchandise.
- Leverages and creates developmental plans to prepare all level positions for future growth within the organization.
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Example 4:
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Retail Solar Sales Associate
Location: Boston, MA
Experience: 4 Years.
- Serve as the face of the XYZ retail franchise by being a brand ambassador and first point of contact for customers.
- Educate customers about solar service solutions, qualify homes for solar services, and schedule in-home consultations.
- Consistently meet the team and individual sales goals set each month.
- Collaborate with Retail Solar Consultants to help them qualify leads, design systems, and close deals.
- Develop and nurture relationships with retail store management at a local level.
- Conduct solar seminars and events for 20 or more people in a retail store or at a marketing event.
- Carry out tasks with resilience, strong people skills, self-motivation, and teamwork.
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Example 5:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Experience: 2 Years.
- Train all incoming associates.
- Provide outstanding customer service.
- Cross department assistance where needed.
- Order Processor.
- Communicate with builders.
- Organize builder floor plans.
- Coordinate schedules.
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Example 6:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: New York, NY
Experience: 5 Years.
- Providing and building Great relationships with Customer & while building sales.
- Client Relationship Management.
- Outgoing people person.
- Excellent networker & negotiator.
- Marketing and Merchandising.
- Creative & Proactive.
- Detail-oriented.
- Strong Communicator.
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Example 7:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Reston, VA
Experience: 3 Years.
- Engaged clients with a passion for the company and product knowledge of Invicta’s available luxury timepieces, helping guide clients to make satisfying purchasing decisions.
- Helped create a fantastic retail experience in the heart of Times Square, regularly assisting clients from across the globe, building a rapport, and expanding brand awareness/loyalty to a worldwide base.
- Achieved and exceeded daily sales goals as a member of a committed retail team.
- Top Part-Time Sales Associate October and December 2014.
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Example 8:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Chicago, IL
Experience: 2 Years.
- Developed and executed a stellar customer experience in-store, collaborating with the other associates and managers to meet daily sales goals, and to meet the customers’ needs.
- Gained product knowledge and expertise to provide sales solutions to customers looking for high-end watches and leather goods.
- Cash handling
- POS knowledge
- Updating daily inventory and general custodial roles.
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Example 9:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Experience: 4 Years.
- Assess and identified client complaints, reporting complaints to management.
- Assisted customers with various in-store products and services.
- Increased monthly sales by 20% using company promotions.
- Transitioned customers from personal to business accounts to increase revenue.
- Utilize POS system in a high-volume environment.
- Recruited and trained new employees for Sales and Customer Service.
- Successfully acquired and practiced excellent customer service skills by solving customer problems.
- Handling difficult customers effectively.
- Making key contributions to the customer service team.
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Example 10:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Queens, NY
Experience: 4 Years.
- Greeted customers entering the store to ascertain what each customer wanted or needed.
- Recommended, selected and helped locate and obtain out-of-stock product based on customer requests.
- Answered questions regarding store and products, while maintaining knowledge of current sales and store promotions.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of store policies regarding payments, returns, and exchanges.
- Computed accurate sales prices for purchase transactions.
- Worked as a team member performing cashier duties, product assistance, and cleaning while providing excellent customer service.
- Maintained cleanliness and presentation of stock room and production floor.
- Accurately balanced cash drawer after every shift.
- Built long-term customer relationships and advised customers on purchases and promotions.
- Bagged, boxed or gift-wrapped sold merchandise per customer’s request.
- Maintained a positive attitude to make customer’s shopping experiences memorable and pleasant.
- Responsible for ringing up customers in a timely manner and guaranteeing a high level of customer service.
- Organized store merchandise racks by size, style, and color to promote the visually appealing environment.
- Answered customer questions regarding store merchandise, department information, and pricing.
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Example 11:
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Retail Associate (Sales)
Location: Springfield Gardens, NY
Experience: 3 Years.
- Supported multiple departments as a Retail Sales Associate including Men’s, Kids, Babies and Home Department.
- Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Assisting customers in locating merchandise as needed.
- Assisting in floor moves, merchandising and display maintenance.
- Restocking merchandise as needed
- Assisting in ringing up sales at registers; on average, influence 4 customers a week to submit applications for store credit cards.
- Perform other tasks as needed by the manager.
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Example 12:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Boston, MA
Experience: 1 Year.
- Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips coupons, and vouchers.
- Balancing cash drawers and making deposits.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges.
- Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
- Ticket, arrange and display merchandise to promote sales.
- Place special orders or call other stores to find desired items.
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Example 13:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Roswell, GA
Experience: 5 Years.
- Delivers sales, outstanding customer experience, and operational expectation.
- Maintains personal and productivity goals.
- Ensures high levels of customer satisfaction by being knowledgeable on all products offered, and teaming up with co-workers to provide excellent sales service.
- Connects with every customer by asking open-ended questions to assess needs.
- Ability to learn, share and maintain expertise of products and current trends to fit customer’s needs.
- Contributes to a positive and inclusive work environment.
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Example 14:
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Retail Sales Associate
Location: Houston, TX
Experience: 2 Years.
- Cash handling/cashier.
- Inventory clerk.
- Provide great Customer service.
- Receive payment by cash, checks, credit card, money orders.
- in-stock and presentable condition Maintain assigned areas.
- consistency with great sales and performance.
- reaching and exceeding targets and goals.
- multi-tasking and dealing with more than one situation at once.
- Reviewing and filing store paperwork.
- Experience in opening & closing of the store.
- Working in a fast pace environment while making sure all client’s needs are met.
- Always up to date with new promotions to best help clients.
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Example 15:
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Offline Retail Sales Associate
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Experience: 2.5 Years.
- Develop and execute product demonstration programs, device workshops and special events for a retail setting.
- Open and close point-of-sale system, balance register and make cash deposits daily.
- Ability to troubleshoot on-site, ensuring all products displayed are working properly and replacing any malfunctioning products as necessary.
- Deep product knowledge with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate and demonstrate product features, pricing, and program offers.
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These are some sample resumes/cv of Retail Sales Associate. You can select any of the lines/sentences from these all examples. Combine them, edit them and use them to make a nice & effective resume.
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