Verizon Wireless

career opportunity

RLDP Leadership Program

Washington, DC

Responsibilities

Retail Leadership Development Program - Washington/Baltimore/Virginia retail stores

Join RLDP to accelerate your success!

If you embrace new challenges, yearn for success and welcome the responsibility of leadership—why not accelerate your career at Verizon Wireless? Our Retail Leadership Development Program (RLDP) provides you award-winning training and the dynamic experience to move from entry-level to a supervisory role in just two years.

You’ll begin your journey at Verizon Wireless in a retail store operations role learning the essential skills for success, such as:

- Voice products and data knowledge

- Inventory and financial controls

- Solid customer relationship development

- Accountability and compliance for customer transactions

Now that you understand the essentials, you’ll be able to grow your earning potential in a sales position, where you’ll be responsible for the following:

- Manage and exceed quota/revenue targets

- Demonstrate equipment functions and network capability

- Propose solutions that best benefit the company and the customer

- Ensure customer satisfaction with every sale

- Retain customer business - renew contracts, present data solutions, and offer accessories designed to enhance the Verizon Wireless experience

Finally, you will have the opportunity to showcase your selling skills in a supervisory role working in one of our Alternative Distribution Channels. Here you’ll be required to:

- Monitor daily store results to ensure sales, retention, and objective compliance

- Supervise, educate and motivate a team of sales reps. to exceed quota goals

- Comply with necessary merchandizing requirements

- Complete monthly reporting and prepare for quarterly audits

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Retail Management/Sales Management and/or equivalent - December 2008 or May 2009 graduates.

• Previous experience working in a retail environment

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and communication skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Ability to analyze customer needs, present solutions and add value through delivery of products and services

• Work well in a fast-changing environment that requires a high degree of multi-tasking

• Effective sales, negotiation and closing skills

• Flexible work schedule, including nights and weekends

• Ambition, energy, and a desire to achieve and succeed

• Bilingual skills are a plus

• Ability to relocate to various geographic locations during the 24-month period (relocation benefit provided).

If you’re ready to achieve and motivate others to do the same—a top performer looking to prove yourself—and have the drive to earn a six-figure income on the fast track—Verizon Wireless is the place for you

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.

Job ID: 248200