Sales Assistant
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Role Overview & Responsibilities
Are you an enthusiast individual who loves talking to customers? Are you someone who loves to continually be working away with lots to do? Do you have a passion for gifts? If you’ve answered yes to these questions you could be the person we are looking for!
A little about us…We are Smart Ideas. We are a family run independent card and gift retailer. We have 6 shops located through out the West Midlands and one in Banbury. We’ve been in business since 1978 and continue to grow and excel at what we do! We sell everything from from well known brands such as Yankee Candles to Jellycat, from collectibles to jewellery, handbags to scarves and many cards plus much more! Anyway that’s enough about us… let’s talk about you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a customer focused Sales Assistant to join our Telford team.
Ideally you will be… friendly, hard-working, an enthusiastic person with an artistic flair for displays. Along side this you will ideally have… previous experience in retail and excellent interpersonal skills. Have the ability to multi task and hit deadlines. And most importantly have a passion for the products we sell!
What would your typical day be like you ask? Well read on to find out! You will assist the store management team in daily tasks to keep the store running smoothly, efficiently and effectively. You will be providing excellent and outstanding customer service to every individual who visits our store looking for that special gift whether that be at the tills or out on the shop floor. There will be some heavy lifting involved and you will be required to use ladders! Along side this you will get involved in merchandising around the store in one of our many departments and helping maintain the store with general cleaning!
In return for your hard work and your outstanding skills we will provide you with Staff Discounts from day one, Competitive rates of pay and an enjoyable working environment!
The successful candidate for this role will be required to work weekdays and weekends.
MUST BE FULLY FLEXIBLE FOR THIS ROLE***
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 10 per week
Salary: £6.00-£10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
All PPE and Training Provided
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: TelfordSA-May23
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