Customer Assistant - Food (Nights) - Fosse Park

Marks and Spencer; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in England is seeking a Customer Assistant to help enhance the shopping experience in its Foods section. As a brand ambassador, you will serve customers, maintain store cleanliness, and offer product recommendations. Applicants should be prepared for late night shifts and possess strong customer service skills. Join us for an exciting career in a thriving team.

Qualifications

• Ability to engage proactively with customers.
• Willingness to learn about M&S Food products.
• Commitment to delivering excellent work.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers efficiently on the shop floor.
• Keep the store clean and stocked.
• Monitor daily sales targets.
• Engage with customers to understand their needs.
• Build expert product knowledge.

Skills

High levels of customer service

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Adaptability to changing situations

Digital capability

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.

Work Pattern

Week 1: Tuesday 21:00-07:00, Saturday 21:00-07:00. Week 2: Sunday 21:00-07:00, Saturday 21:00-07:00.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

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.

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.