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Retail Sales Specialist - $18.00 per hour, plus commission and incentives!

Petoskey, Michigan

Overview

Your personality connects you with people and our products and services connect them with each other. In Retail Sales, that’s a winning combination! With more than 700 locations across the country and counting, we’re making an impact in our customers’ lives. If you have a passion for people and technology, our comprehensive training program will help you develop the skills you need to grow your sales career. Come grow with us!

Success Profile

What makes a successful Spectrum Retail Sales Specialist? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

  • Competitive
  • Organized
  • Achiever
  • Results Driven
  • Digitally Savvy
  • Communicator

To help unlock your potential, we have a comprehensive training program to get you up to speed. Don’t have sales experience? Our team will work with you in both the classroom and store to get you comfortable in your new role. If you have experience we will help you fine tune your skills so you can soar.

Earn More, Faster

Our total compensation package creates opportunities for significant earnings. Our Sales Compensation Allowance Program provides minimum guarantee payouts while you are building your knowledge base.

Comprehensive Training

Work smarter, not harder. With Spectrum you will enjoy paid training on our winning sales techniques, products and services. Our learning journey involves:

  • Virtual classroom training and self study activities
  • Ongoing peer-to-peer, leadership mentoring, and skill practice in the Store environment.
  • Ongoing product updates to keep you connected and help build your knowledge and skills

Our ongoing training helps you always be prepared and able to provide the best experience to your customers and maximize sales opportunities.

Career Advancement

Looking for a great company with exciting growth opportunities? This is the place to be. Establish yourself as a successful Retail Sales Specialist, enjoy the many benefits we have to offer and plan for a long and rewarding career with Spectrum.

To help unlock your potential, we have a comprehensive training program to get you up to speed. Don’t have sales experience? Our team will work with you in both the classroom and store to get you comfortable in your new role. If you have experience, we will help you fine tune your skills so you can soar.

A Deliberate Path to Success

Many of our managers started as Retail Sales Specialists themselves, proving that career advancement is a very real and achievable goal. Peer-to-peer mentoring and regular sales and customer service coaching sessions ensure that you feel supported and have everything you need to succeed.

Building Relationships with Customers

We are changing the way customers interact with their entertainment. Our Retail Sales Specialists walk customers through Spectrum’s mobile offerings, help with their TV, phone, and internet services, and build relationships with customers while providing them with knowledge on Spectrum’s products and services.

Preparation

Our fully paid training programs shape new Retail Sales Specialists into quick-thinking Sales professionals. We’ll bring you up to speed on Spectrum’s full line of products, including telephone, data, wireless, and video services.

Rewards

Savings & Retirement

Spectrum will contribute up to 6% or 9% (depending on role) of your eligible pay to your retirement savings
*No Retirement Accumulation Plan in Hawaii

Health Benefits

Variety of medical, prescription drug, dental and vision options, plus a contribution of up to $1,500 by the company into a Health Savings Account.
*No HSA in Hawaii

Company Perks

You have the chance to use company services at little to no cost where available.

Paid Time Off

Paid vacation, sick time and holidays/personal days

Education Assistance

Get reimbursed up to $10,000 a year for undergraduate and graduate degrees through our partnership with Guild.

Paid Training

Earn while you learn. Full compensation for time spent building your knowledge base.

Responsibilities

Date posted: 11/26/2024 Requisition Number: 2024-44181 Business unit: Marketing Location: Petoskey, Michigan Areas of interest: Retail, Sales Position Type: Full Time SRL213

AT A GLANCE:

  • Our specialists earn an hourly base pay of $18.00 along with lucrative commission and incentives for targeted hourly earnings of $22.50/hour or $(46,800) annually. Top performers in this role are earning $(58,000). You may also qualify for free internet, TV, and phone services (restrictions do apply).
  • This role is a full-time, entry to mid-level retail sales role, focusing on wireless, TV, and internet products in the communications and entertainment technology space. Advancement potential and generous commission opportunities are available.
  • Our Retail Sales Specialists are organized, digitally savvy communicators with a competitive spirit eager to learn and grow. A results-driven achiever comfortable in a busy retail sales environment. Wireless sales experience preferred.

ABOUT US

Spectrum is America’s fastest-growing TV, internet, and voice provider.  Our organization is one filled with a diverse group of hardworking people. They’re committed to helping us grow, and we’re committed to growing with them because making sure everyone reaches their full potential is a key part of our mission.

Our extensive training program, competitive base salary, and generous commission structure provides the foundation you need to be a successful salesperson.  Meeting and exceeding sales goals while delivering service solutions to our customers - it’s a win-win.


IT’S ALL ABOUT LEARNING AND GROWING

Whether this is a new road for you or you are an experienced sales professional, the journey is all mapped out. With plenty of dedicated peer and leadership support, our fully paid training programs shape new Retail Sales Specialists into quick-thinking professionals. We can bring you up to speed on Spectrum’s full line of products – and our competitors’ products – in about a month, including telephone, data, wireless, and video services. As products are updated, so are you, so you can pass that knowledge on to your customers.

WITH A DELIBERATE PATH TO SUCCESS

We know that the best people to lead are those who have been down the same road before. Most of our managers started as Retail Sales Specialists themselves, proving that career advancement is a very real and achievable goal. Peer-to-peer mentoring and regular coaching sessions ensure you feel supported and have everything you need to succeed. Get started at a Fortune 100 company and see how far you can go.


WHAT ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS?

  • Meet or exceed monthly sales goals, including wireless sales
  • Ensure a great customer experience
  • Educate and engage customers through product demonstrations
  • Be a team player (because we spend way too much time together)
  • Know your stuff - maintain strong knowledge of all TV, internet, and wireless products, pricing plans, promotions, and service features for Spectrum, as well as our competitors

What’s required to get started?

  • Thrive in a fast-paced team environment
  • Read, write and speak the English language to effectively communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers in person, on the phone, and by written communications
  • Lifting up to 35 lbs.
  • Standing for prolonged periods of time
  • Wearing a required uniform
  • High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Experience

  • Sales Experience: 1 - 5 years
  • Knowledge of latest technology and devices
  • Commissioned sales experience
  • Retail sales or wireless sales
  • Valid driver's license

SRL213 2024-44181 2024

Here, employees don’t just have jobs, they build careers. That’s why we believe in offering a comprehensive pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supports all aspects of their well-being, and delivers real value at every stage of life.


A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.


Get to Know Us Charter Communications is known in the United States by our Spectrum brands, including: Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice, Spectrum Networks, Spectrum Enterprise and Spectrum Reach. When you join us, you’re joining a strong community of more than 100,000 individuals working together to serve nearly 32 million customers in 41 states and keep them connected to what matters most. Watch this video to learn more.

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