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Job summary

Guide customers in selecting furniture and home décor while providing a welcoming and personalized shopping experience. Manage transactions, maintain store visual standards, and collaborate with the team to ensure operational excellence.

Job details

Help people create homes they love. Join the Urban Barn team as a Part-time Sales Associate at our Kelowna store in Kelowna, BC. With over 50 retail stores across the country, Urban Barn is a national retail chain offering high-quality furniture and home décor. We’re passionate about making our customers and our employees feel right at home. Here, you will enrich the customer experience while growing your experience with a well-known Canadian retailer. Accompany and guide customers to find inspiring furniture and home décor during their visit to our store. As a Sales Assciate, you will represent Urban Barn by offering friendly service and product knowledge to help our customers create a space they love to call home. In collaborating with the store team and managers, you will provide our customers with the best shopping experience possible. Our stores are open 7 days a week, so we’re looking for candidates who can work a variety of shifts (i.e. weekdays, weeknights and weekends). If you love beautiful home décor and helping people, come put your passion to work at Urban Barn! What You Will Do: * Guide customers in their décor choices, suggesting the best products for their needs * Provide a warm greeting to every customer * Establish connections with customers to build customer loyalty * Carry out transactions (purchases, exchanges, and returns) * Maintain the visual standards and cleanliness of the store What you Bring: * At least 2 years of Retail Sales experience * A passion for interior décor and merchandising * Ease of using technology such as a Point-of-Sale system and iPad * Flexible schedule to work a minimum of 3 days (12-20 hours) per week – including at least 1 weekend and 1 weekday daytime shift * The ability to lift and move loads up to 50 lbs / 23 kg Why Join Urban Barn: * We don't just sell home décor, we help furnish life's biggest moments * Competitive wage, commissions, and bonuses * A 40% discount on Urban Barn products * Opportunities for professional development and advancement * We offer a fun work environment with a collaborative team that loves to talk design Urban Barn offers a welcoming environment where inclusion, diversity, and equity are paramount. We are committed to creating and strengthening a culture of respect and openness in all our stores, warehouses, and offices.

What you’ll do

Guide customers in selecting furniture and home décor while providing a welcoming and personalized shopping experience. Manage transactions, maintain store visual standards, and collaborate with the team to ensure operational excellence.

Requirements

Requires at least 2 years of retail sales experience and a passion for interior design. Candidates must be comfortable using technology and able to lift up to 50 lbs with a flexible schedule.

Benefits

• Competitive wage • Commissions • Bonuses • 40% discount on Urban Barn products • Professional development • Advancement opportunities

Listed skills

• Customer service · Preferred
• Product Knowledge · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Retail sales
• Customer service
• Interior décor
• Merchandising
• Point-of-sale system
• IPad proficiency
• Communication
• Product knowledge
• Transaction processing
• Visual standards maintenance
• Product Knowledge
• Warehousing
• Sales
• Customer Service
• Cleanliness
• Loyalty Programs
• Lifting Ability
• Retail Sales
• Point Of Sale
• Merchandise Returns
• Merchandise Exchanges

Job areas

• Retail
• Sales
• Customer Service & Support
• Sales Associate
• Retail Sales Associate (General)
• Shop Sales Assistants
• Retail Salespersons