Customer Assistant - Food (Late Night) Trafford Centre

Marks and Spencer; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Manchester is seeking a Customer Assistant to provide excellent customer service in the Foods section. In this role, you will engage with customers, promote products, and maintain store appearance. The ideal candidate is customer-focused, adaptable, and ready to contribute to the team. Join us for an exciting opportunity in an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service skills are essential for engaging with customers effectively.
• Ability to handle feedback and act upon it constructively.
• Open to learning about products and utilizing digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers efficiently in-store and at service points.
• Maintain store cleanliness and stock levels.
• Monitor and meet daily sales targets.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Adaptability

Job description

Overview

Join our team at M&S as a Customer Assistant in our Foods section, where you'll become a champion of our high-quality products, great value offers, and excellent customer service. We're seeking passionate individuals who take pride in their knowledge of M&S Food products and are excited to share it with our customers.

You'll be a brand ambassador who's ready to recommend our newest Food products. Through remarkable service you'll make sure our customers feel truly valued every time they shop with us.

At M&S our customers don't wait, you'll be ready to roll your sleeves up, work hard and go above and beyond every day.

Working Pattern

Sunday 15:00-21:00pm
Monday 18:00-00:00am
Tuesday 18:00-00:00am
Thursday 20:00-00:00am

Under 18 disclaimer: This job role involves working late nights and this means we can't consider applications from anyone under the age of 18. This is to comply with the relevant health and safety legislation and to keep our colleagues safe in the workplace.

Please note that the + £3.00 p/h unsocial premium is only added on any hours worked between 22:00-06:00

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.