Christmas Customer Advisor - Zone A

Boots Opticians; Orpington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A retail pharmacy chain in Orpington is seeking a Christmas Customer Assistant to enhance customer experiences during the festive season. Responsibilities include customer interaction, till operation, and stock management. Suitable candidates should be ready for flexible hours and possess strong customer service skills. This temporary role may lead to permanent opportunities. Apply now to join a friendly team focused on excellent service.

Benefits

Generous employee discounts

24/7 counselling and support

Maternity/Paternity/Adoption gift card

Qualifications

• Available to work Bank Holidays including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.
• Comfortable approaching customers and providing a personalized experience.
• Able to balance customer care with shopfloor tasks.
• Able to learn about and use new technology.
• Collaborative mindset necessary for store goals.
• On your feet, standing, walking, and lifting.

Responsibilities

• Offer thoughtful advice, recommend products, and enhance the shopping experience.
• Handle transactions and support self-checkout systems.
• Maintain full shelves for customer needs during peak season.
• Ensure store areas look their best.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Operations Ready

Tech-Savvy

Team Player

Physical Stamina

Brand Ambassador

Job description

Overview

The salary for this role is £12.40 per hour

The festive season at Boots is one of our most exciting and important times of the year, and it simply couldn't happen without the energy, warmth and dedication of our store teams. As a Christmas Customer Assistant, you'll be at the heart of the action, greeting customers with a smile, offering product and gift advice, and creating a memorable experience that leads to a happily ever after and keeps them coming back all year round.

This role is a great opportunity whether you're just starting your career or have retail or customer service experience and want a fresh challenge. If you love helping people and making their day, this is the job for you. While this is a temporary contract, there may be potential for a permanent role later depending on opportunities in your local area, so it could be the start of a new career with us.

About the role

You will work in a Boots store and report to the Assistant or Store Manager, and your responsibilities will include:

• Customer Interaction: You\'ll offer thoughtful advice, recommend products and highlight our amazing offers to ensure everyone has an enjoyable shopping experience and no one leaves empty-handed.
• Till Operation: Whether you\'re wrapping up purchases at the counter or supporting our self-checkout systems, you\'ll bring energy and efficiency to every transaction.
• Stock Management: You\'ll take pride in keeping shelves full so our customers can always find exactly what they need during the busiest shopping season of the year.
• Store Presentation: You\'ll help ensure every area always looks its best.
• Online order support: While this is a customer-facing role, you may assist with deliveries, picking, and packing for online orders as needed.

What you\'ll need to have

Full training is provided for this role, but these are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed:

• Available to work Bank Holidays including Black Friday week and weekend, Cyber Monday, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day.
• Customer Service Skills: Comfortable approaching customers and providing a personalised experience that leaves a lasting impression.
• Operations Ready: Able to balance customer care with daily shopfloor and operational tasks.
• Tech-Savvy: Able to learn about and use new technology, including operating handheld mobile devices, tills and self-checkouts.
• Team Player: A collaborative, one-team mindset is necessary for helping each other meet store goals and have fun along the way.
• Physical Stamina: You\'ll be on your feet, standing, walking and lifting.
• Brand Ambassador: You should love our ethos, products and services and be eager to share them with customers.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don\'t match these additional criteria.

• Experience in a retail or customer-facing environment
• Familiar with Boots products and services so you can help customers

Career development

Are you thinking about your future career goals? There are plenty of opportunities to continue your career with us; whether you progress within retail or pharmacy, work your way up to store leadership or even join our Support Office. Why not check out some success stories here.

Our benefits

• Generous employee discounts
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption gift card

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What\'s next

If you\'re ready to make someone’s day and make a difference, apply now! If your application is successful, we will be in contact with you to attend an in-person interview within the next 14 days. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Need To Know

We are now recruiting Christmas Customer Advisors for our Orpington, High Street store. We are looking for candidates to start with us from October onwards. Shift patterns may appear below. Available shift patterns: Sunday only 8am-16:00pm. Please note that due to the anticipated volume of applications expected for this vacancy, we will close the advert when we have met our requirements.

Business Area: Retail

Function: Christmas

Keywords: Retail, Stores, Customer, Customer Service, Store, Sales, Retail Sales, Cash Handling, Stock, Seasonal, Christmas, Temporary, Counter Sales, picking, packaging, distribution, operations, assistant, UK

Hours per week: 7.5

Latitude, longitude: 51.37632353,0.0992890131

Airport: No

Company: UK Stores

Division: 16 - United Kingdom

Region: 7 - London

Area: 173 - Southeast London

Store: 1087 - ORPINGTON

Req Posted Date: 29-Sep-2025

County: Kent

Country: UK

Address 1: 216-220 High Street

Address 2: Orpington