Christmas Customer Advisor - Zone A

Boots Opticians; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Christmas Customer Assistant to provide excellent service during the festive season. Responsibilities include greeting customers, operating tills, and managing stock. Ideal candidates should be customer-oriented, tech-savvy, and ready to thrive in a bustling store environment. This is a temporary role with potential for permanent placement.

Benefits

Generous employee discounts

Access to free counselling and support

Maternity/Paternity/Adoption gift card

Qualifications

• Available to work Bank Holidays including Christmas.
• Comfortable approaching customers to provide a personalised experience.
• Able to balance customer care with operational tasks.

Responsibilities

• Offer thoughtful advice to ensure enjoyable shopping experience.
• Operate tills and support self-checkout systems.
• Manage stock and ensure store presentation is top-notch.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Tech-Savvy

Physical Stamina

Team Player

Job description

Job Description

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.

Whilst this is a temporary contract, there may be the potential for a permanent role later depending on the 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: We're proud of our stores, so you will ensure every area always looks its best.
• Online order support: Whilst 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: We're looking for people who are comfortable approaching customers, providing a personalised experience that leaves a lasting impression.
• Operations Ready: You’ll need to be able to balance customer care with daily shopfloor and operational tasks
• Tech-Savvy: It’s important that you can 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 the store goals and have fun along the way.
• Physical Stamina: You'll be on your feet, standing, walking and lifting. If you're ready to stay busy and active, this is the role for you!
• Brand Ambassador: We're looking for people who love our Boots ethos, products and services and can't wait 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

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

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.

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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We are now recruiting Christmas Customer Advisors for our store.

We have a variety of shifts available, working between the hours of 9am and 8:30pm which may include weekends.