General Assistant

Musgrave Group Plc; Culcavy; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family-owned food business in Northern Ireland is seeking a General Assistant for their Centra store in Culcavy. The role involves providing excellent customer service, stock management, and keyholder responsibilities. No previous retail experience is required as full training will be provided. We are looking for a team player with a positive attitude who is eager to learn. Enjoy various employee benefits including enhanced pay and discounts.

Benefits

Weekly paid

Enhanced maternity pay

Paternity pay

Employee Assist Programme

Discounted gym memberships

Store shopping discount card

Fundraising activities with charity partners

Learning and development opportunities

Graduate programs

Extra discounts on days out

Qualifications

• No need for previous retail experience; full training will be provided.
• 6 months experience in a retail or customer service role is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional shopping experience for customers.
• Keyholder responsibilities including opening/closing the store.
• Perform stock merchandising, ordering, and checking.

Skills

Positive attitude

Teamwork

Customer service

Education

GCSE Maths and English, Grade C or above (or equivalent)

Job description

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We are now inviting applications for the position of General Assistant, Centra Culcavy.

The Role

The role of a general assistant is to go above and beyond to provide an exceptional shopping experience for our customers, through merchandising stock and serving the public.

What you’ll be doing

• Keyholder responsibilites open/ closing of the store as and when required.
• Serving customers via manned or self-scan checkouts, whilst providing excellent customer service.
• chandising, ordering, date checking and rotation of stock in all areas of the store including fresh, ambient, and frozen.
• Adhere to company and health and safety policy and procedures to protect yourself, customers, colleagues, and 3 rd parties.
• Ensure a high standard of work in everything you do.
• Stock take preparation and counting, as and when required.

What’s in it for you?

• A great place to work where colleagues are like family.
• Weekly paid
• Enhanced maternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Paternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Employee Assist Programme
• Wellbeing incentives and discounted gym memberships
• Discount card for store shopping, for you and one nominated user
• Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-standing charity partners
• Learning and development opportunities for career progression
• Musgrave institute
• Graduate programs, eligibility applies.
• As well as extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.

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What we’re looking for

No need to worry if you have no previous retail experience, full training will be provided.

We are looking for someone who has a positive attitude, works well as part of a team and is open to learning and expanding on their skill set.

• GCSE Maths and English, Grade C or above (or equivalent) and/or 6 months previous experience gained in retail or customer service role.
• Previous experience of working in a team

Please note, based on the response, Musgrave may need to shortlist based on the desirable criteria.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply now and join is in creating a future where business success and positive change go hand in hand.

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.