Store Sales Assistant

PPG Industries; Mitchell; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading paint and coating manufacturer in Queensland is seeking a dedicated Sales Assistant for their Taubman’s Trade Centre. The ideal candidate will have a passion for customer service and a willingness to learn. Responsibilities include customer engagement, stock management, and paint mixing. This role offers full-time hours with appropriate training provided for newcomers. Join a vibrant team and build your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for development and career progression

Incentive bonuses based on store performance

Access to corporate wellness discounts

Generous product discounts

Qualifications

• Previous retail assistant experience with a strong focus on customer service.
• Comfortable with manual handling tasks, including lifting and pushing.
• A valid driver's license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding customer service and establish customer relationships.
• Collaborate with store and trade teams to enhance sales.
• Tinting and mixing paint, delivering orders, and ensuring stock presentation.

Skills

Customer service

Hands-on experience in retail

Manual handling

Flexibility

Job description

Are you passionate about customer service? Would you like to work in a colourful and inspiring workplace?

We are looking for a dedicated and dynamic Sales Assistant to join our team on a full‑time basis at the Taubman’s Trade Centre in Mitchell.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about customer service, with a desire to learn and develop in their career. No previous paint or hardware knowledge is expected, as full product training will be provided on the job.

The role will be 38 hours per week, with rostered hours inside the opening hours of 7.00am to 5.00pm.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding customer service and establish relationships with our customers
• Collaborate with the Store Manager, Store team & Trade team to improve sales potential within the store
• Tinting and mixing paint, pelletizing paint drums, arranging orders for delivery, and colour matching
• Deliveries using the Store vehicle (where applicable)
• Merchandise and replenish stock promptly and ensure it is presented well
• Store housekeeping and following the store’s safety standards
• Manual Handling of paint tins

Requirements

• Previous retail assistant experience with the desire to provide excellent customer service to our growing customer base. You won't be afraid to be hands‑on daily in the store
• Keen to learn new skills and have an invested interest in building your expertise on our products
• You will have the flexibility to work on a 38‑hour roster between the hours of 7:00am – 5:00pm Monday to Friday
• You will be comfortable with manual handling as part of your normal day. For example - lifting heavy paint tins, pushing and pulling trolleys, using pallet jacks, standing for long periods, kneeling, loading the ute for paint deliveries, and doing the delivery and unloading on the other side
• A valid driver's license is essential
• Paint experience is not essential - training is provided

What We Offer

• Opportunities for development and long‑term career progression.
• Incentive bonuses based on store performance
• Access to corporate discounts, including WhereFit, that provide wellness benefits to our employees
• Give back to local communities with our PPG Colourful communities program
• PPG Recognition programs
• Generous discounts on PPG products through our company owned store network

About us

Here at PPG, we make it happen, and we are looking for candidates of the highest integrity who share our values, with the commitment and lead to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated, and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We use our scale to reach new markets and introduce technologies as we differentiate and improve our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and relevant.

We make it happen.

We have experience winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we manage it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

We learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email **********@ppg.com.