Sales Department Clerk (Seasonal)

The Opportunity

American Girl Los Angeles retail store is looking for a dynamic individual as a seasonal Sales Sales Department Clerk, who has the interpersonal skills to provide prompt, efficient and exceptional sales assistance within our customer-oriented environment. What Your Impact Will Be: Approach, acknowledge and assist customers promptly; handle multiple customers effectively.

Assess and meet customer merchandise and service needs by sharing product knowledge, answering questions and directing customers to merchandise, suggestive upselling, and awareness of product availability. Share information on store events, promotions and activities with customers. Promptly and accurately process all point-of-sale transactions.

Help resolve customer problems and make suggestions/share product knowledge to turn returns into exchanges. Communicate merchandise and service needs to management on timely basis. Provide assistance to accomplish team and company goals.

Pay and benefits

Sales experience in the specialty retail or service industry, preferred. Must possess basic computer skills; some experience using a POS System, preferable. Experience working with children, preferred. Must be willing to work a flexible retail schedule, including days, nights and weekends. Availability during the holidays (Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas week, and New Year's Eve) is required. The hourly rate for this position is between $ 18.42/hour *Hourly rate is based on a candidate's education, skills and experience.

Additional Information

What It's Like to Work Here: American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel, a purpose driven company aiming to empower the next generation to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors: We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals.

Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower. We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact.

We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking. We execute: We are a performance driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best in class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are: American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT,), a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children's and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play.

We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming, music and live events.

We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world's leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.