Sales Associate, Hanesbrands
Posted on: 29 Aug 2024
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Job Description
Overview
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) makes everyday apparel that is known and loved by consumers around the world for comfort, quality and value. Among the company’s iconic brands are Hanes, the leading basic apparel brand in the United States; Champion, an innovator at the intersection of lifestyle and athletic apparel; Bonds, which is setting new standards for design and sustainability; Maidenform, America’s number one shapewear brand; and Bali, America’s number one bra brand. HBI employs 48,000 associates in 29 countries and has built a strong reputation for workplace quality and ethical business practices. The company, a longtime leader in sustainability, has set aggressive 2030 goals to improve the lives of people, protect the planet and produce sustainable products. HBI is building on its unmatched strengths to unlock its #FullPotential and deliver long-term growth that benefits all of its stakeholders.
Under the direction of the management team, Sales Associates work in a branded retail business that provides excellent service and standards, and America’s best brands in intimate apparel, as well as our iconic Champion and Hanes activewear lines. Sales Associates bring life to our Vision:
“To create memorable experiences in every store, every day resulting in sales excellence.”
To create this experience, Sales Associates must follow HanesBrands Engaging Sales Steps:
Greet the Customer, using a product, promotional, or social greeting.
Approach and engage, making an emotional connection with each customer.
Establish customer’s needs and offer product that fits their needs.
Create an exceptional fitting room experience.
Overcome objections and close the sale.
Create loyal customers, through your genuine care, asking for feedback via customer surveys.
Responsibilities
Be involved in all of the activities of the store, including sales, displays, merchandising, housekeeping, and stocking of products. These activities must be done in between customers, as the customer is the store’s #1 priority.
Be open to and be able to demonstrate selling techniques and product knowledge.
Operate the cash register in a courteous and professional manner.
Ability to multi-task, often splitting time between tasks and servicing customers. Must be able to handle multiple customers at one time.
Responsible for following all Company policies/procedures which apply to store.
Work in any area of store needing assistance as requested by management.
Responsible for informing management of any security or safety issues involving customers or employees.
Qualifications
1-2 years retail experience preferred
Equivalent of High School Diploma or GED preferred
Must maintain availability that meets the needs of the business and allows for flexibility in scheduling 15-25 part-time hours per week (Max 30 hours - as needed based on business coverage)
Must be 17 or older
Hanesbrands Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC
HanesBrands is a socially responsible manufacturer and marketer of leading everyday basic apparel under some of the world's strongest apparel brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as in Australia and South Africa. Our iconic innerwear and activewear apparel brands found in the United States and elsewhere include Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Maidenform, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra and Gear for Sports. Outside the United States, we also have dominant national and regional brands, including DIM, Nur Die/Nur Der, Lovable, Abanderado, Shock Absorber, Zorba, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Track N Field and Ritmo.
We are the world’s largest marketer of basic apparel. We sell bras, panties, shapewear, sheer hosiery, men's underwear, children's underwear, socks, T-shirts, sweatshirts, fleece and other activewear. In the United States, we sell more units of intimate apparel, male underwear, socks, shapewear, hosiery and T-shirts than any other company.
Founded in 1901, Hanes has a long history of innovation, product excellence, and brand recognition. In fact, nearly 90 percent of U.S. households have our company's products in them. We revolutionized Tagless T-shirts and underwear, we invented the sports bra and the stretch-cup T-shirt bra, we were the first to advertise a bra on national television (Playtex), and we are innovating with ComfortBlend and temperature-control X-Temp fabrics and seamless Smart Sizes bras.
Our Sell More, Spend Less and Make Acquisitions strategies are driving growth and creating value for our shareholders, consumers, retailers, employees and communities. Hanes has made more than a half dozen acquisitions, including Maidenform Brands, Gear for Sports and Knights Apparel in the United States and DBApparel in Europe.
Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hanes is a member of the S&P 500 and is ranked No. 490 on the Fortune 500 list. The company has approximately 65,300 employees in more than 40 countries.
Unlike most apparel companies, Hanes primarily operates its own manufacturing facilities. More than 90 percent of the apparel units that we sell worldwide and in the United States are manufactured in our own plants or those of dedicated contractors.
We take great pride in our strong reputation for ethical business practices and the success of our Hanes for Good corporate responsibility program for workplace practices and community and environmental improvement. The company is the only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the Caribbean. In the United States, the company has earned the Forbes magazine Best Place to Work honor. Hanes has won U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence recognition for seven consecutive years. Hanes has significant goals for reducing energy use, carbon emissions and water use and publicly reports its progress each year.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees67,200+
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