Customer Assistant - Visual Merchandiser - Cambridge

Marks and Spencer; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Visual Merchandiser in Cambridge to enhance the customer shopping experience. You will champion stylish products and engage with customers directly. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented with strong communication skills and a passion for fashion. Flexible working options are available, and the team emphasizes inclusion and diversity.

Qualifications

• Passion for fashion and delivering a great customer shopping experience.
• Willingness to receive feedback and improve along the way.
• Good digital capability for using various tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers efficiently on the shop floor and at service points.
• Ensure store cleanliness and product availability.
• Engage proactively with customers to understand their needs.
• Build expert product knowledge.

Skills

High levels of customer service

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Adaptable to changing situations

Job description

Overview

All the details

Join our team at M&S as a Visual Merchandiser in our Clothing & Home section, where you'll become a champion of our stylish products, and influencer of the latest trends. We're seeking passionate individuals who take pride in their eye for fashion and want to delight our customers every day.

Working Pattern

• Week 1:
• Sunday 07:30–16:00
• Tuesday 07:00–15:30
• Thursday 07:00–15:30
• Friday 07:00–15:30
• Week 2:
• Sunday 07:30–16:00
• Monday 07:00–15:30
• Tuesday 07:00–15:30
• Thursday 07:00–15:30

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.