
Visual & Operations Associate
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Job overview
Crate & Barrel is hiring a Visual & Operations Associate. The Visual & Operations Associate at Crate & Barrel supports store displays, stockroom efficiency, and sales‑floor operations, collaborating with the assistant store leaders to maintain visual merchandising standards, process customer orders, manage inventory, uphold safety policies, and deliver excellent customer service in a fast‑paced retail environment.
Key focus areas include Execute and maintain visual merchandising standards of the sales floor, Assist with stocking products and displays on the sales floor, and Provide excellent service and uphold company standards in selling and teamwork.
Important skills include Multitasking, Visual Merchandising, Customer Service, Selling, Collaboration, and POS System.
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Full job description
As a C&B Operations Associate, you will play a vital role in maintaining store displays, keeping an efficient stockroom and supporting the salesfloor. Reporting to the Assistant Store Leaders, you’ll keep well-presented store display full and organized. As needed, you'll also assist the back of house team with timely customer order fulfillment, accurate inventory management. You will collaborate with the store team to uphold company policies, foster an inclusive environment, and maintain safety, while learning and utilizing all relevant systems to support operational routines, pricing, and promotions. A positive attitude, enthusiasm, and strong multitasking skills are essential for success in this fast-paced role.
A day in the life as an Operations Associate...
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Execute and maintain the visual merchandising standards of the sales floor to engage customers and associates with the product
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Assist with ensuring product and displays on the sales floor are stocked appropriately and available for customers to purchase
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Possess and demonstrate excellent service and company standards in selling, customer service, visual merchandising and teamwork
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Greet and receive customers in a welcoming manner, respond to customer questions, process payments, and involve higher level management, as appropriate
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As needed, process incoming and outgoing packages, including customer curbside pick-up orders, ship from store, buy online pickup in store, in a timely manner
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Assist in preparing the stockroom for inventory and perform assigned inventory duties
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Perform prompt and accurate stock checks, while maintaining an organized and efficient stockroom
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Engage in, maintain and support store safety standards and training
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Maintain an awareness of loss prevention, security and safety following the guidelines provided by management or the Human Resources Department and/or as outlined in the Associate Policy Manual
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Lead by example and support store management in holding self and others accountable for store profitability and operational excellence
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Drive sales through engagement of customers, suggestive selling, sharing and demonstrating product knowledge and product expertise, as needed
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Communicate and have awareness of applicable promotions, offers, loyalty programs, and other initiatives to customers, as needed
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Promote the brand by engaging customers in creative activities and demonstrations, as needed
What you'll bring to the table...
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Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport with customers and other associates
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General office equipment, including computer and printer, Point of Sale (POS) system, AS400 system, company email system, company learning management system, telephone/intercom system, copier, fax machine, SKU and tagger guns, tape machine, small hand tools, ladders, step stools, hand truck/dolly, baler, calculator, electronic two-way radio with earpiece
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Good reading and written language skills (English), strong communication skills, basic arithmetic, interpersonal skills, telephone presence, data entry skills
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Ability to work in a flexible environment, shift quickly as our business evolves, and focus on continuous learning
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Engage in, maintain and support store safety standards and training
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Demonstrate creative problem solving to maintain a solutions-oriented and teamwork focus
We'd love to hear from you if you have…
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Customer service experience preferred
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Retail experience preferred
Euromarket Designs, Inc., which does business as Crate and Barrel and CB2, will be referred to as “the Company”. The Company is deeply committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact the location you are applying to here and ask to speak with a manager regarding the nature of your request. The Company is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. The Company participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. State / City Compliance: The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal history, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
How this job compares
Set against the 809 open Operations Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$63–86K/yr49 salary ranges
- US median$15–16/hr681 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 23 open Operations Associate jobs in Virginia and 809 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Operations Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (85 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 15 of the 809 open Operations Associate jobs (2%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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