Customer Advisor

The Boots Company PLC; Poole; On-site; GBP 34,976,000 - 40,563,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Flexible benefits scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Boots in Poole is hiring a Customer Advisor to support customers in-store and at the tills. The role is onsite, with responsibilities including advising customers, promoting offers, and helping maintain stock and store presentation.

You will receive award-winning training and work as part of a team to deliver a great shopping experience. The role provides progression after six months, with pay rising accordingly.

Qualifications

• Full training provided for this role.
• Able to work at pace in a varied environment.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Enjoy working as part of a team.
• Attention to detail and customer care.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers on the shop floor and at tills to deliver a friendly service.
• Promote in-store offers and schemes to customers.
• Help with stock and shop floor display to maintain a clean, presentable store.
• Work with colleagues to ensure a smooth, enjoyable shopping experience.
• Participate in Boots training approved by the Institute of Customer Service.

Skills

Effective communication

Team player

Listening skills

Customer focus

Brand ambassador

Job description

The hourly rate for this role is £13.02 and up to £15.10 across selected locations within London. The hourly rate will increase after 6 months in role.

Joining us as a Customer Advisor is a great opportunity, whether it’s your first job and you’re looking to gain some valuable experience, or you have experience with retail and you’re looking for a new challenge, this could be the start of a new career with us.

About the role

You will work onsite and report into the Assistant or Store Manager and your role could be to help on the tills, advise our customers, or work in our back shop. You will also:

• Help our customers and put them at ease; whether that’s listening to find out more about them, answering questions and giving great advice on our fantastic products, recommending items they hadn’t considered or simply offering a basket - it's the little things that make a difference


• Get to know our in-store offers and schemes and promote them - the more info we can give our customers the better.


• Help our stores run smoothly - this could look like ensuring we have the right products displayed on the shop floor, providing a great service on our tills, or helping with our stock in in the stock rooms


• Work with other members in the team to provide a great shopping experience, ensuring the store is always clean and presentable to provide a store everyone can be proud of


• You will be provided with award winning training accredited by the Institute of Customer Service

What you'll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role:

• Full training is provided for this role, and we are looking for people who:


• Excel in a varied environment, working at pace


• Communicate and listen effectively


• Enjoy working as part of a team, promoting a collaborative team dynamic


• Know that the little things make the biggest difference for customer interactions


• Desire to be a proud brand ambassador for Boots and help our customers find the best products for them

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match these additional criteria:

• Experience providing customer care and delivering great customer service, but this is not essential.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan


• Discretionary annual bonus


• Generous employee discounts


• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child


• Flexible benefits scheme


• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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. 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, it's with you, we change for the better.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. 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.