The company has scaled the peak of outdoor apparel marketing, designing and vending rugged clothing and accessories to mountain climbers, skiers, surfers, and other intense sports lovers and environmentalists who are willing to pay a premium for the Patagonia brand and environmental ethic. Besides its signature Patagonia line (outdoor gear and garb), the company also vends gear from sister companies Lotus Designs (paddling gear), Water Girl (women’s sportswear), and Great Pacific Iron Works (outdoor gear and apparel retailer). It vends the clothes, gear, accessories, and luggage through specialty retailers, a catalog, website, and its own stores. The company is owned by Lost Arrow Corporation.
Job Description and Average Wage
Store Manager: The Store Manager uses and synchronizes all services provided by Lost Arrow Corporation to supervise the retail store consistent with the short and long-term interests of the company, its employees, and the local community in which they work. The Store Manager guarantees the store provides the highest level of customer service possible. A Store Manager promotes and supervises quality of service among staff throughout training and through acting as a positive role model.
The annual average pay for this position is around $34,000-$58,000.
Sales Associate: A Sales Associate offers a complete shopping experience for their customers, involving product knowledge and environmental involvement. A Sales Associate welcomes all customers promptly and politely as they enter the store. He/she will give accurate and current information about the product for all inquiries. If the correct information is not at hand, do everything possible to offer an answer before the customer leaves the store. A Sales Associate augments the customer base by means of adding new customers to the mailing list.
The hourly salary is from $10-$12.
Retail Store Keyholder: The Keyholder position provides leadership for the staff through sustaining the highest level of store standards. The Keyholder position takes an active role in teaching staff, supervising store openings and closings, and protecting the store assets by means of sustaining operational policies and procedures. This sustains an open and positive relationship with store management team. This also helps management team in the hiring process of people who follow passions that are related to their products and philosophy.
The average salary is from $8-$11 per hour.
Pattern Maker: A Pattern Maker is liable for understanding each product’s specific function, performance requirements, raw materials, intended customer, intended fit and method of construction in an effort to construct best in class product. The position is in charge for accuracy of each pattern piece sheet for the life of each style including accountability for history notes of style development, raw material numbers for pattern piece sheet and yield requests. This sustains communication with Fit Analyst and other Patternmakers to barter ideas and latest techniques in the area of computerized patternmaking.
As a Pattern Maker of the company you will receive an annual salary of $37,000–$45,000.
In-store Visual Merchandiser: The In-Store Visual Merchandiser offers visual merchandising service to a specific Patagonia retail store. This position is liable for the in-store oversight and execution of all merchandising strategies consistent with the company’s goals with regard to image and focus on product sell through. This works with Visual Design Group, Store Manager, and store staff to generate seasonal floor plans and execute floor alterations consistent with the store’s lay out, customer demands, as well as recent product focus.
The average wage is around $8-$11 per hour.
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