**Sales Assistant - PPT Corporate Store, Gauteng** **Brand:** Estée Lauder Companies **Description** **Position Summary** * Liaise with corporate store customers while ensuring compliance to local and corporate guidelines and policies. * Ensure that the shop’s presentation and customer service meets the company image at all times * Achieve sales goals established by the business on a monthly and yearly basis. Ensure these goals are met by ensuring exceptional customer service, generating sales, building long-term customer relationships and by developing external corporate relationships * Ensuring the Corporate Store grows and develops according to the company’s objectives * Ensure inventory levels maintained for strong sales, inventory managed in terms of requirements, unpacking and batch control **Key Roles & Responsibilities** * Customer Service and sales. * Assist in management of stock variety and stock levels available for sale. * Basic Product knowledge * Keep abreast of company policies and changes * Handle product queries from customers * Communicate with Store Supervisor on all business related issues. * Assist in day to day operations of the store * Assist in the reconciliation of the daily banking. * Assist in the maintenance, monitor regularly review, adjust and follow up on: * Stock orders to ensure a continued supply of saleable stock * Expired stock to be removed from shelves. * Receipting stock onto the system upon arrival. * Check documentation to make sure stock received corresponds with DC invoice. If not, discrepancies should be brought to the attention of DC manager. * Check that all new stock is reflected on Retail Pro. * Stock to be neatly and uniformly priced with the dual pricing method before moving stock to shop shelves. * Documentation to be filed timeously. * Ensure shop shelves are properly stocked and presentable at all times. * Ensure shop is clean and neat at all times. * Propose specials and events to enhance shop sales. * Adhere to House rules of Specific shop. * Sign an attendance register * Review, recommend and implement system improvements in conjunction with the store supervisor * Ensure all business activities conducted comply with legal and ethical standards **Qualifications** **Requirements** * Matric * Beauty Certificate or similar preferred * Retail Cosmetics Experience * Ability to work retail hours * Ability to work in a fast paced environment. * Computer literate – MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) * Understanding of customer services * General accounting understanding **Job:** Retail - Store **Primary Location:** Europe, Middle East, Africa-ZA-GT-Johannesburg **Job Type:** Standard **Schedule:** Part-time **Shift:** Variable **Job Number:** 244568 All applications will be considered in accordance to the terms of the Estee Lauder Companies – South Africa Employment Equity Plan. Preference will be given but not limited to candidates from previously disadvantaged backgrounds provided they meet the inherent requirements of the job.