Job Posting - Shop Sales Associate

Barnes Shop Sales Associate

 

Description: The Barnes Foundation is seeking two Part-time, temporary Shop Sales Associates for the Parkway location. It is anticipated that these positions will be 4-5 months in duration.

 

Shop Sales Associates work in the Barnes Shop, greeting visitors, answering questions about the store and its merchandise, transacting sales, and maintaining the sales floor. Associates also sell Memberships to the Barnes Foundation, and deliver consistent customer service that reflects favorably on the Foundation and the Shop.

 

Sales Associates must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

 

Established as an educational institution the Barnes Foundation carries out its mission by promoting appreciation of the arts and horticultural science, through the preservation, presentation, and interpretation of the collections of Albert C. and Laura L. Barnes.

 

Celebrated for its exceptional breadth, depth, and quality, the Barnes Foundation's art collection includes works by some of the greatest European and American masters of impressionism, post-impressionist, and early modern art, as well as African sculpture, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, Native American textiles, metalwork, and more. The 12-acre Arboretum contains over 3,000 species of woody plants and trees.

 

The Foundation engages diverse audiences through its exceptional collections and related high-quality programs that reflect a broad range of periods and cultures and build on the founders’ innovative educational vision of transforming lives through the arts and horticulture.

 

Responsibilities:

   

• Greet Customers, answer visitor questions about the store and its merchandise

·         Provide a helpful, welcoming and informative environment for visitors to the Foundation. Answer general visitor questions about the Barnes Foundation, its collections, its history, visitor resources, etc.

·         Operate Point of Sale system, including transacting sales (cash, check and credit card payments), count money, provide change and receipts, and balance drawers

·         Sell memberships to the Barnes Foundation

• Follow Shop procedures for opening/closing tasks
• Work with Supervisors to maintain the selling floor in a fully stocked and visually presentable condition
• Deliver consistent levels of customer service that reflect favorably on the Foundation and the Shop
• Perform other duties as required by supervisor

 

Requirements:

 

·         Demonstrated sales success in retail environment

·         Strong Customer Service skills

·         Cash handling experience

·         Strong verbal, telephone, and general communication skills

·         Ability to work independently as well as on a team

·         Background or knowledge in history, fine art

·         Must be able to operate a computerized point-of-sale system

·         Reliable, high level of personal integrity

·         Bilingual or non-English language skills an asset

 

To Apply: Please apply online

 

https://home2.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=11757702

 

 

Please create a single document that includes your cover letter, resume and three professional references to upload with your application. Applications that fail to fulfill this requirement will not be accepted.

 

 

The Barnes Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.

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