Sales Associate/Buyer Trainee

Benefits:

No late nights or early mornings
No Sundays
Employee Discounts at both Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate
Competitive salary
Opportunity for advancement
Training & development

Are you organized, enthusiastic, and a quick learner? Do you have restaurant or retail experience? (Restaurant workers know how to work quickly, handle rushes, and take care of customers!) Award winning children's resale store is looking for a motivated professional who can provide positive customer and seller experiences and help keep our store full of great kid's stuff! You would become an important part of a team and business that pays families to recycle their gently used kid's clothes, toys & baby gear. You would sort through 1000's of items each week -- correctly selecting and appraising hundreds of children's clothes, shoes, toys & baby gear each day. Our community loves and needs us to help make parenting more affordable.

Responsibilities:

Provide excellent shopper and seller experiences through friendly and thorough communication and helpfulness.
Manage hanging and running of bins of apparel product, maintaining full, shoppable and organized racks, and marking down product
Lead the team through your example of productivity, efficiency, and friendly customer service
Cover shifts as necessary in the event of call-outs.
Evaluate and price inventory using our proprietary buying software
Running a boutique with passion and drive

Very few people are experienced in the resale industry -- but the Kid to Kid Franchise has trained 1000's of people who have worked in retail, teaching, or restaurants to become resale experts. Qualifications include the ability to pay attention to detail, learn quickly about the products we sell, and work efficiently to process the incoming merchandise. Experience in a similarly fast-paced environment is a plus. Knowledge about children's products, styles and fashions will help you progress to an appraiser level more quickly. Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus too. Must have a friendly, outgoing personality. Must love to plan, organize, and prioritize to get daily duties and other projects completed quickly. To be considered, we need 3 things: Please send a COVER LETTER explaining why you would love to be considered for this position, a copy of your resume, and a salary history.

Additional Info:
Working in a a Kid to Kid store requires a unique personality and talent set because our shoppers are also our suppliers! We don't order boxes of clothing or toys in certain styles and sizes. We purchase them every day from families who bring them to our store. Excellent customer and seller communication skills ensure positive experiences. Our buyers are trained to evaluate and appraise incoming product to ensure that it meets our quality, selection and pricing criteria. Buyers assist with monthly markdowns, daily rack maintenance, and seasonal set changes. This is a fun job for the right person who likes helping families, loves variety in their activities, and is good at multi-tasking and problem solving. It's not a great job for someone who struggles with stress, low energy levels, or becomes overwhelmed easily. It is a great job for someone who loves keeping busy, pays attention to details, and feels a sense of pride in a job well done.

Benefits:

Competitive salary
FT and PT positions available
Excellent employee discount
Upward mobility
Flexible schedule with no Sundays. Saturdays are a must.

We'd love to chat with you and see if our career opportunity would be right for you. Drop us your application and let's talk!

Compensation: $12.50 - $15.00 per hour

Kid to Kid is always looking for fun, friendly people to join our team who are willing to work hard, multi-task, and that take pride in keeping the store organized and shoppable. Our team members cross train and work in other areas of the store as needed and there are multiple advancement opportunities. We offer flexible schedules that compliment your busy life, great employee discounts and fun retail environment.

Every day, more than 10,000 kids open a little pink door to a shopping experience that’s unmatched for value and selection by any other retail children’s store. With more than 125 locations across the United States, Canada and Portugal, Kid to Kid is making a difference in a variety of communities by providing growing families with items that they need and love at a fraction of the retail cost.

Customers love us for our daily-changing selection, our value, and the convenience of selling their outgrown kids’ items for cash on the spot. Our product is locally sourced and sustainable, and we actually put money back into the local economy. And our love of kids motivates us raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to build schools in underprivileged countries.

Apply today!

This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to BaseCamp Franchising Corporate.

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