Welcome Home with locations in Chestertown, Annapolis, and Easton is immediately hiring a Key-holder & Sales Lead to join our Easton and Chestertown, MD locations.
Welcome Home specializes in goods for the kitchen and table. We aspire to help our guests cook, dine, entertain, and relax at home. We are a beautiful, yet functional, home goods store. We specialize in heritage and craft brands. We stock linen for kitchen, bath, and table, culinary tools, and decor for the table & home.
Easton: Reporting to the Store Manager, This position is half-time with a set schedule of Sunday - Wednesday, 10:30am to 5pm. All Managers are asked to support periodic evening events for community festivals and additional holiday overtime on select days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Chestertown:
Team Culture
- We maintain a warm and welcome environment where all staff and customers are welcome regardless of their age, gender, family composition, religion, or identity
- We maintain a smoke free environment
- We’re a fail fast fail safe environment where we encourage our team to help us continuously improve
- We’re business casual, polished, and exceedingly professional retailers
About The Job
- Support the store manager in the execution of all store operations, merchandising, and workforce planning
- Manager on Shift for Staff & Customers
- Consult with, and assist clients in the selection of tableware, table linen, and cooking tools, based on their interests, personal styles, and needs; Support a culture of fabulous customer service
- Receive & manage inventory; lead special projects focused on merchandising and events
- Support training & onboarding of staff; support location hiring & scheduling
- Assist with data cleanup and Shopify (our POS) updates
- Picking, packing, & shipping online orders
- Create social media stories and reels
- Dust and fold. Restock, count, and organize. We do this a lot.
You’ll gain…
- End-to-end experience in retail
- A warm, supportive, and friendly work environment
- Visual merchandising and product knowledge
- Inventory management and buying insight
- A set retail schedule
- A competitive hourly salary, paid time off, and paid all team holidays
We’re looking for a retail professional with a passion for design. The ideal candidate has retail experience working with home goods, textiles, interior design, or art. Many of our products are craft or speciality. We are looking for a polished professional who is comfortable consulting with our customers on their ideal entertaining style.
All candidates must have….
- Retail experience and a history of cross-category selling
- A passion for design; a strong sense of color and design
- Outgoing yet consultative personality
- Comfort rolling up their sleeves
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent administrative abilities, including Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of local market and customer preferences
- Basic math skills and cash handling experience
- Basic social media experience with common platforms such as Facebook & Instagram
Physical & Mental Health Requirements
- Lift at least 30 lbs
- Comfort assessing and understanding facial, physical, and social cues
- Ability to manage personal stress and anxiety in complex and sometimes crowded social space
- Comfortable working solo and with teams in different locations
All employees are expected to demonstrate mastery of basic functions in our POS Application, Shopify, within the first 30 days of employment.
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The Assistant Store Manager may be required to perform other related duties as assigned by the Store Owner.