Retail Sales Associate – MyPops (New Store Opening) Job Overview
The Retail Sales Associate at MyPops plays an important role in the successful launch of our new store. This position focuses on creating a welcoming shopping experience, assisting customers in finding the right products, supporting sales, and helping maintain an organized and visually appealing retail environment. The successful candidate will contribute to pre-opening preparations, product displays, inventory organization, cashiering, and daily store operations while representing the MyPops brand with a friendly and customer-focused approach.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Customer Service and Sales: Welcome customers, understand their needs, provide product information, recommend suitable options, and deliver a positive shopping experience that encourages customer satisfaction and repeat business.
- New Store Opening Support: Assist with store setup, stocking, product arrangement, display preparation, pricing, signage, and other tasks required to prepare the store for its grand opening.
- Cashiering and Transactions: Operate the point-of-sale (POS) system, process purchases and payments accurately, handle cash responsibly, and maintain a clean and organized checkout area.
- Merchandising and Inventory: Replenish shelves, organize merchandise, monitor stock levels, maintain attractive product displays, and support inventory counts and stockroom organization.
- Store Maintenance: Help maintain a clean, safe, organized, and welcoming sales floor, including shelves, displays, checkout areas, and shared spaces.
- E-commerce Support: Assist with online orders, order preparation, customer inquiries, and other e-commerce activities as required.
- Teamwork and Daily Operations: Collaborate with store management and team members to support opening procedures, daily sales targets, operational efficiency, and consistent customer service standards.
Your Impact
As a Retail Sales Associate at MyPops, you will help establish a strong first impression for our new store. Your contribution to customer service, accurate transactions, effective merchandising, and teamwork will help create a positive shopping environment and support the store’s successful launch and ongoing growth.
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
- Strong communication skills in English and a friendly, customer-oriented attitude.
- Customer service, retail sales, or cashiering experience, or a willingness to learn.
- Basic understanding of cash handling and POS systems, with the ability to learn store procedures.
- Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to maintain a neat and orderly retail environment.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team and adapt to the changing priorities of a newly opening store.
- Willingness to assist with store setup, stocking, merchandising, and other retail tasks.
Preferred Assets:
- Previous experience in retail, sales, merchandising, or customer service.
- Experience working at conventions, trade shows, fan expos, or other related events.
- Knowledge of pop culture, including anime, manga, gaming, comics, collectibles, and related fandoms.
- Familiarity with trading card games (TCGs), such as Pokémon, One Piece, Gundam, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, or other collectible card games.
- Experience with inventory management, POS systems, or e-commerce order fulfillment.
- Additional language skills to assist a diverse customer base.
- Flexibility to support pre-opening preparations, grand opening activities, conventions, and ongoing store operations.
Pay: $18.00-$18.50 per hour
Expected hours: 20.0 – 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- In office parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Willing to work at conventions, could be overnight but hotel and travel is accomdated. Yes or No
- Familiar with TCG? Yes or No
- Transportation to work available? Yes or No
Work Location: In person
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