Seasonal Sales Associate - Munich, Deutschland - Patagonia

Patagonia

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Munich, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973.

At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet.

A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

We are in business to save our home planet.

You'll be helping us achieve this by creating an amazing experience for our customers and making a positive impact in the community, using the store as a vehicle for change and acting as a brand advocate inside and outside of the store.

Our stores support local environmental groups with donations, volunteers, advocacy, and events that provide a platform to share and engage in activism and you will be a part of it.

Main tasks:

Welcome, assist, and engage customers by providing a positive experience for everyone who comes in, ensuring that the customer's needs are understood and met.
Understand and meet the specific needs of each customer with kindness and creativity, making sure every person is treated with equal respect and professionalism.
Share your knowledge of core sports and products and your passion for the environment to provide support to grassroots environmental groups and create engagement with our customers.
Contribute to a team that is responsible for the store's success through customer service, merchandising, operations, events, and environmental activism.
Perform daily store operations: checking and replenishing stock whenever necessary, operating the cash register, as well as opening and closing it, merchandise the store during downtimes (folding, hanging, steaming and stocking), etc.

What we're looking for:

A love of the outdoors.
A passion for saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work.
A colleague with demonstrated service experience, who thrives in a teambased atmosphere.
Enthusiasm and interest in learning about our products, values and history. Passion about the environment and caring for others.
A colleague who deals well with ambiguity, learns on the fly, demonstrates sound judgment, and solves problems creatively.
Accuracy with money handling and register use.
Language skills: fluent in English and German

It's a plus if you also have the following:

Experience working in the retail and/or outdoor industry.
If you participate in and appreciate our core sports (climbing, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, mountain biking, trail running) it will be a plus.

Other important details:

This is a fixedterm parttime position based in Munich store to support our team during the peak summer season.
We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardized questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role.
This is a shorter version of the job description.

You can read the full outline of the job here:

Why join our store?

Our stores are designed to be hubs for our communities, where we inspire, educate and engage with environmental and social defenders and those who love wild places and outdoor sports.

For example, we support local groups with grants, donations, volunteers, advocacy, and events.

You will join a passionate team working to protect the wild places around us and changing the retail industry for the better, whilst having fun together.

Perks:

Note: Below is only an indicative list and may change at the time an offer of employment is made_.
Events and workshops with environmentalists, changemakers, educators and sports ambassadors
Taking part in employeelead groups such as Sports, Internal Communications, Footprint, Pride, Pata Parents and Events, or create your own
Ongoing unique learning and development opportunities such as our own programme Earth University and workshops in antiracism, core sports, among others.
We are an activist company and have policies in place to support employees that want to engage in activism.
Retail field days, where you and your colleagues experience a day together in the outdoors.
All employees interns and their families have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, designed to provide third party, confidential support on a wide range of topics relating to emotional, behavioral and social challenges
All employees and interns have access to Unmind, our workplace mental health platform
Fully paid maternity leave (duration varies by country). After nine months of employment, we offer 12 weeks of partner leave and 12 weeks of adoptive leave. Prorated for parttime e