Description
Job Summary:
The Sales Associate provides proactive and personalized service, focusing on customer loyalty, solution-based selling, product management, and support for store operations.
Key Highlights:
1. Proactive and personalized customer service
2. Management of product offerings and stock quality
3. Support in handling customer complaints and store processes
#### **Store: Penafiel**
#### **Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities**
* Deliver proactive, personalized, and mobile service to establish trust-based relationships that ensure loyalty of the Resident Customer;
* Take responsibility for solution-based selling to the Customer, anticipating and accurately identifying the Resident Customer's needs, and supporting them in selecting the optimal solution (product + complementary items + service) to fulfill those needs;
* Possess in-depth knowledge of the product range within your department and its complementary items, conveying confidence and professionalism to the Resident Customer;
* Ensure your shelf space is Clean, Well-Defined, and Safe—maintaining an attractive presentation of products on shelves/display stands, as well as all educational materials and informational signage (labels and pricing);
* Contribute to maintaining high stock quality in your department by implementing necessary action plans to address AVS items, non-living items, excess stock, and visual stockouts, ensuring smooth communication with the Store Logistics team;
* Proactively conduct self-checks (walk-throughs) of the aisle(s) under your responsibility, promoting cleanliness of displays, shelving, aisles, and advisory points;
* Support complaint management, SPV processes, and returns.
#### **Who We Are Looking For**
* Educational qualification equivalent to completion of 12th grade or a Technical Professional Course;
* 1–2 years of experience as a sales associate;
* Interest in technical products and their applications;
* Solid user-level computer skills;
* Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team;
* Excellent communication skills, strong business orientation, and results-driven mindset;
* Initiative, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit;
* Passion for customers and understanding their needs.
#### **What We Offer**
* Opportunity to join a multinational company offering competitive base salary and variable compensation aligned with your experience and qualifications;
* Benefits and partnerships with over 200 brands;
* Initial training program for onboarding into the company and role;
* Well-being policies, including up to 30 annual vacation days;
* Employee referral program with incentives for each recommended candidate successfully hired;
* Flexible working arrangements;
* Meal benefits, including soup, fresh fruit, bread, butter, cereals, milk, and yogurts;
* 10% discount at Leroy Merlin stores;
* Health and life insurance;
* One day of corporate volunteering.
#### **About Us**
Leroy Merlin is a market-leading company in DIY, construction, home decoration, and gardening, with a strong presence in Portugal. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and customer experience, we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where we value diversity, creativity, and proactivity. People are at the heart of every decision we make, and we live by a Human First culture—where every employee is a leader with real opportunities to grow.