Keyholder (F/T), Fairfax, VA

• The Beaufort Bonnet Company
• Expired

The Keyholder has responsibility for assisting with the daily operations of The Beaufort Bonnet Company retail store. This includes sales, serving the customer, and safeguarding the assets of the store. The Keyholder will understand the overall brand of The Beaufort Bonnet Company including the lifestyle, the customer, the merchandise.

What you will do…  

• Present and sell merchandise consistent with the brand by interacting and providing merchandise suggestions to the customers.
• Provide suggestions to management for merchandising which may improve sales.
• Build a personal client book.
• Use the POS software system effectively:
  • Learn the point-of-sale software system and be able to troubleshoot in the absence of the Store Manager and Assistant Store Manager.
  • Use the system to perform the following tasks: routine register transactions, routine inventory receiving and transfers, and opening and closing of the registers and store.
• Learn, reference, and share current product knowledge with customers; providing prompt recommendations and professional service to enhance their shopping experience (e.g., fit, fashion wardrobe advice and suggesting additional items).
• Actively participate in all store-related meetings, working towards exceeding sales and service performance goals set by store management.
• Operate the store consistently with the prescribed company policies and procedures for the store.
• Provide ideas to grow and improve the business. This may include ideas for merchandising, staffing, floor displays, store fixtures, advertising, promotion, hours of operation or any other ideas which may improve and grow the business.
• Safeguard the assets of the store:
  • Maintain the integrity of the inventory.
  • Prevent inventory shrink to the extent reasonable and appropriate.
  • Assist in performing cycle counts, and a year-end comprehensive physical inventory.
  • Open/close registers and store in the absence of the manager or assistant manager.

You will like this job if… 

• Strong attention to detail with proficient communication skills (oral and written).
• Appreciate teamwork and interacting with others.
• Able to multitask and keep everything organized, taking initiative when needed.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision or direction.
• Comfortable being flexible when needing to problem solve.

Who we would like to meet…  

• High School diploma or GED.
• 2+ years of retail experience.
• Advanced computer skills, Excel and Word.
• Bending/stooping/kneeling required; lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work varied hours and days including nights, weekends and holidays as needed.