Christmas Customer Assistant - Fashion, Home & Beauty - Plymouth

Marks and Spencer; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking enthusiastic colleagues for customer-facing roles in Plymouth. This position involves serving customers, maintaining store standards, and achieving sales targets. Ideal candidates will demonstrate high customer service levels and adaptability to change. Full training will be provided to help you succeed in using digital tools and engaging effectively with customers.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or customer service is preferred.
• Ability to engage with customers and respond to their needs.
• Willingness to learn and use digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the shop floor and at service points.
• Maintain a clean and tidy store.
• Monitor and achieve daily sales targets.
• Engage proactively with customers for feedback.
• Build product knowledge to assist customers.

Skills

High levels of customer service

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Digital capability

Adaptability

Job description

Working Pattern

• Week 1: su 13-17; we 15:30-19:30; th 17-21; fr 15:30-19:30; sa 15:30-19:30
• Week 2: su 13-17; we 15:30-19:30; th 17-21; fr 15:30-19:30; sa 15:30-19:30
• Due to operational requirements, all successful Candidates will be asked to work up to full time during the weeks commencing 14th and 21st December.

Purpose

To deliver a great shopping experience for our customers, we are looking for colleagues who put customers before tasks every time whilst championing and promoting our brilliant products. As the face of the business, you will be the voice of our customers helping us to continually improve.

Key Accountabilities

• Serve our customers efficiently, both on the shop floor and at service points
• Keep the store clean and tidy, ensuring that our shelves are always stocked with product
• Monitor and deliver on the daily sales targets, priorities, promotions and selling opportunities
• Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs, make recommendations and deliver remarkable service throughout their visit to store.
• Build expert product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services
• We\'ll give you the training to utilise all digital tools and communication channels to deliver for the customer every time

Key Capabilities

• High levels of customer service
• Committed to delivering excellent work with great attention to detail
• Open to and acts upon feedback, asking for this regularly
• Takes accountability for planning and managing own workload efficiently
• Strong communication skills
• Adaptable to changing situations
• Builds positive relationships by being a good listener
• Good level of digital capability

Everyone\'s Welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That\'s why we\'re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There\'s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

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