SUMMER TEMP- EXPERIENCED RETAIL SALE ASSISTANT
Temporary Summer Retail Sales Assistant \- Join Our Dynamic Team at Uniform Direct!
Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service? Do you thrive in a demanding retail environment and have previous face to face retail experience and experience in working with schools and parents? If so, we invite you to be a part of the Uniform Direct team as a Retail Sales Assistant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in the day\-to\-day operations of the shop, maintaining a clean and tidy environment.
- Conduct regular stock checks and process deliveries.
- Operate the till with precision, and handle various transactions accurately.
- Respond to online/phone orders and assist in changing displays of shop stock.
- Attend school marketing events, develop a comprehensive knowledge of school uniforms, and inform customers about the benefits of Uniform Direct.
- Contribute to the growth of Uniform Direct by identifying short, medium, and long\-term objectives.
- Work collaboratively with the team to develop new leads and expand our school portfolio.
- Maintain dialogue with schools and stay alert to competitor activities.
- Experience in face to face retail sales.
- Punctual and Reliable
- Strong time management skills to prioritise tasks effectively.
- Ability to meet sales targets through effective upselling.
- Organizational skills to maintain a clean and organized sales floor.
- Proficiency in English (additional language skills are a plus).
- Excellent phone etiquette for handling customer inquiries.
- Be able to keep your self busy with tasks when the store is quiet and equally be able to work efficiently when the store is busy
We are seeking a Retail Sales Assistant with a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences. Being a part of the Uniform Direct team , your primary responsibility will be to provide a one\-to\-one counter service and excellent customer service to our customers. You will be expected to greet customers as they enter the store, assist them in finding the products they are looking for, answer any questions they may have, and provide guidance. Our retail sales assistant will look after our customers with empathy, accuracy, courtesy and speed.
The majority of our customers are busy working parents that expect our staff to know what their child will need for their particular school and expect our experienced staff to size up a child by sight!.
Previous experience in face\-to\-face retail customer service and Knowledge of local schools is essential.
Position Details:
- Temporary position reporting to the Store Manager/Supervisor.
- Contracted hours: 7hrs per week, with flexibility for increased hours (upto full time) based on business demands and peak season.
- Must be flexible to work any day of the week which will include working on Saturdays.
- Probationary period: Six months.
- Annual leave is not allowed during our peak period (15th June to 30th September). If you have any unavailable dates and/or cannot commit to working to the needs of our business, please do not apply
- Candidates must be relatively fit, as the store is set over a large area and ladders are frequently used to access stock set up high.
- Starting salary: Minimum wage.
- Contract ends 30th September with the opportunity to extend for the right candidate
Please note that if you have applied within the last six months, we kindly request you refrain from reapplying.
Job Types: Part\-time, Temporary contract
Job Types: Full\-time, Part\-time
Pay: £10\.85\-£12\.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Have you applied previously in the last 6 months? If the answer is yes, please do not re\-apply.
- It is important the you have an awareness of the local schools in Derby. Briefly describe your knowledge of the schools in the area.
- Please confirm you are fully available from now until 30th September with no periods of unavailability. We are looking for fully flexible candidates that can work a range of days and hours to meet the business needs.
Please answer; Yes fully available OR No not available.
- Because of the nature of our business, we do not permit annual leave during our busiest period of the year which is between 15th June and 30th September.
If you are unable to commit, please refrain from applying.
Please answer; Yes fully available OR No not available due to pre\-booked holidays
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
- face to face retail sales: 1 year (required)
- Customer service: 1 year (required)
- fluent English (required)
- United Kingdom (required)
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