Retail Associate - Front of House, USC Bookstore
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Auxiliary Services
Los Angeles, California
USC Auxiliary Services , one of the largest divisions at The University of Southern California, is focused on making a difference for over 65,000 students, athletes, faculty, staff, and guests who visit our campuses each day. Through our innovative services, our six central business units (USC Bookstores, USC Hospitality, USC Housing, USC Transportation, the USC Hotel and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) collectively create the best USC experience. Auxiliary Services works tirelessly to welcome all visitors into the Trojan family. We are driven to succeed by our commitment to uphold our six unifying values in Integrity, Excellence, Well-Being, Open Communication, Accountability, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion .
Being part of the Trojan Family means belonging to an amazing international community that reaches beyond cities, industries, and time. Owned and operated by USC, the USC Bookstores embrace talent, nurture skills, and support ambition! A thriving retail organization with nine physical locations, a booming online presence, and over $35 million in annual sales, USC Bookstores are dedicated to creating the Best USC Experience.
We are seeking a Retail Associate - Front of House, USC Bookstore to join our rapidly growing team.
The Opportunity:
Are you passionate about providing exceptional customer service? Are you driven to set and exceed high sales goals? Then we want you! As our Retail Associate, you will be a fountain of knowledge for our guests as they browse our spacious locations. With your friendly, helpful demeanor, you will help our team create the best USC experience for each guest that comes through our doors. We will depend on you to help us set, and surpass, all of the sales goals that meet our growing needs. Join us today!
The Accountabilities:
- Provide customer service to students, faculty, staff and external customers. Meet customer needs, offer options, resolve problems and follow up with customers. Ensure full customer satisfaction without unnecessarily referring customers to other staff members.
- Provide professional, knowledgeable, courteous customer service. Assist customers in locating merchandise, take special orders, answer questions, perform gift wrapping and/or other special services, communicate policies on returns and exchanges. Monitor for shoplifting. Resolve customer complaints and process merchandise returns, refunds or exchanges.
- Perform all cashiering functions in accordance with department and university cash handling policies and procedures. Check price tags for alterations. Protect department against monetary losses by requiring appropriate identification for check cashing. Use appropriate verification procedures for credit card purchases.
- Keep sales floor neat, clean and fully-stocked. Shelve new stock, inform buyers of fast- and slow-selling stock, maintain thorough knowledge of inventory. Ensure merchandise is attractively displayed.
- Assist with answering incoming calls and directing them to the appropriate person or department.
- Make tags for damaged merchandise, deliver daily to designated area. Return misplaced merchandise to correct department daily.
- Comply with all university and department policies and procedures.
- In the absence of the department manager, supervise student workers and/or Retail Associate Trainees. Assist department manager in training new staff.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. The university reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
The Qualifiers:
- Minimum Education: High school or equivalent
- Minimum Experience: 6 - 12 months
- Minimum Field of Expertise: Retail Sales
- In addition, the successful candidate must also demonstrate, through ideas, words and actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion, well-being, open communication and accountability.
What We Prefer:
- Preferred Field of Expertise: USC Retail Associate Trainee Experience
The Trojan Family Rewards:
We pride ourselves in creating the BEST USC EXPERIENCE , and that begins with our employees! We offer a wide variety of benefits and programs that support our staff and their families. For more information please visit .
This support advocates work-life balance and employee well-being. As members of the Trojan family, employees are connected by the traditions and history that make us proud to be Trojans!
As an equal opportunity employer, USC values and promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The work culture thrives on mutual respect, trust, and synergy amongst all of its members.
USC has great minds that transform the world with their talents and research. Will you be one? Join us!
FIGHT ON!
The hourly rate range for this position is $18.86 - $22.82. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
Minimum Education: High school or equivalent
Minimum Experience: 6 - 12 months
Minimum Field of Expertise: Retail Sales
In addition, the successful candidate must also demonstrate, through ideas, words and actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion, well-being, open communication and accountability.