Merchandiser (Casual)

UK Greetings; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Expenses covered

Mileage allowance

Travel time

Job summary

UK Greetings in Whitstable is looking for a Casual Greeting Card Merchandiser to support our team during busy seasonal periods. The role covers visiting local retailers within a reasonable travelling distance from your home, tidying and filling displays, unpacking deliveries and setting up new displays.

No cold calling is involved. Part time, with training provided; a full driving licence is essential to travel between locations.

Qualifications

• Reliable and conscientious work ethic.
• Flexibility around working times, especially peak seasonal periods.
• Initiative and ability to work on your own.
• Strong team ethic.
• Confident and friendly personality.
• No experience required; full training provided.
• Full driving licence is essential to work across multiple locations nearby.

Responsibilities

• Visiting local retailers, high street chains or supermarkets.
• Tidying and filling greeting card and gift displays.
• Locating and unpacking deliveries for replenishment.
• Installation of new displays.
• No cold calling or direct selling is involved.

Skills

Reliable & conscientious work ethic

Flexibility around working times

Initiative & independence

Team ethic

Confident & friendly personality

Driving licence

Job description

Learn more about us and the role:

Location: Whitstable (CT5 3EE)

Contract Type: Casual

Benefits: Expenses/Mileage/Travel Time where applicable

As a Casual Greeting Card Merchandiser you will work on an ad hoc basis as required supporting our existing team during busy seasonal periods and to help cover during holidays and absence. The role involves calling upon carious local retail outlets in and around your territory (within a reasonable travelling distance from your home address) ensuring our customers displays are of the highest standard. The role may lead to a permanent position should the opportunity arise.

The role involves:

• Visiting various local retailers, high street chains or supermarkets


• Tidying & filling greeting card & gift dressing displays


• Locating & unpacking deliveries for replenishment of displays


• Installation of new displays


• No cold calling or direct selling is involved

To be a Part Time Merchandiser, you will need to have:

• Reliable & conscientious work ethic


• Flexibility around working times & notably during peak seasonal periods when overtime is likely to be required


• The initiative & ability to work on your own


• A strong team ethic


• A confident & friendly personality


• No experience is required, as we offer full training


• Full driving licence (essential) as you may be required to work across multiple locations in your local area

As an inclusive employer UK Greetings are passionate about creating a workforce that represents the diversity of our communities and the customers we supply. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this flexible and customer focused role where every day offers fresh challenges; from recognising new sales/merchandising opportunities, to displaying brand new ranges.

So if you love to get out and about, enjoy meeting new people and would like to be part of a great team that promotes and values diversity, then this may be the role for you!

Who we are

We help make the world a more thoughtful and caring place every single day with our greeting cards, gift dressings and social expressions products created for life's big events, special occasions and those "saw-this-and-thought-of-you" moments of life. Along with our sister Company John Sands, we're part of the American Greetings Corporation, one of the largest privately owned greeting card publishers in the world.

We're one of the largest direct to retail publisher of greeting cards and social expression products in the UK - so you'll find our amazing products just about everywhere!

Here at UK Greetings we take pride in being an inclusive and diverse employer - we are dedicated and committed to building a culture where difference is valued and everyone is able to fulfil the potential at work regardless of their background.

So if you have a passion for greeting cards and would love to be part of a talented team, you're in the right place!