Retail Assistant

GSF Car Parts Limited; Bedford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Annual leave 28 days

Flu vaccine

Wellbeing tools

Pension advice

Life assurance

Discounts

Financial wellbeing

Volunteer time off

Training & progression

Job summary

GSF Car Parts Limited is seeking a Retail Assistant to join our team in Bedford. You will deliver friendly in-store service, handle click and collect orders, and help drive sales while building strong relationships with trade and retail customers.

Your role focuses on answering queries, fulfilling parts orders, maintaining tidy customer areas, and supporting the sales team with promotions. A positive attitude, IT literacy, and keen attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven customer service or sales/retail experience in a customer facing role.
• Target driven and motivated to achieve results.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to adopt a positive approach to customer queries and resolutions.
• Confident user of IT and computer systems.
• Ability to work well with others and maintain attention to detail.
• Knowledge of car parts or automotive industry advantageous but not essential.
• Knowledge of MAM, Allicat, MS Office desirable.

Responsibilities

• Serve trade and retail customers for click and collect and general orders while maximizing sales.
• Pick relevant parts from the warehouse to fulfil customer orders.
• Assist the sales team on promotions and queries by phone or electronic channels.
• Satisfy customer needs regarding parts orders, returns, or queries.
• Check returns for resale, warranty or surcharge.
• Contribute to team performance and achieve KPI targets.
• Utilise e-learning to develop product knowledge and performance.
• Keep customer-facing areas clean and tidy.
• Develop strong relationships with customers and understand garage needs.
• Represent the company professionally and promote its image.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Target driven

Problem solving

IT proficiency

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Car parts knowledge

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

MAM

Allicat

Mastercat

Job description

About The Role

At GSF Car Parts, the role of a Retail Assistant is all encompassing for our aim to deliver excellent Customer Service. You will play a crucial part of the team; contributing towards achieving branch and individual targets through face to face sales; servicing click and collect orders and developing sound customer relationships.

Main duties include:

• Serve trade and retail customers for click and collect and general orders whilst maximising sales where possible.
  
• Pick relevant parts from the warehouse to fulfil customer orders.
  
• Assisting the sales team on sales of product promotions by answering telephone queries and dealing with electronic queries as and when needed.
  
• Fully satisfy customer needs in respect of any part orders, returns, or queries they may have.
  
• Check customer returns for resale, warranty or surcharge.
  
• Contribute to a positive team performance whilst working on personal benchmarks to optimise personal performance and work on sales of product promotions.
  
• Utilise the E-learning portal to develop product knowledge and improve performance.
  
• Ensure that the customer facing areas of the branch are kept clean and tidy.
  
• Develop strong working relationships with customers and understand their garage needs.
  
• Always promote a good image of the company by always representing our values and maintaining a professional appearance.
  
• Ensure that the customer facing areas of the branch are kept clean and tidy.
  
• Always working towards the achievement of relevant set KPI's.

Working hours:

45 (average) hours Monday to Friday, including alternate Saturday working

About You

What you'll need to succeed:

• Proven customer service or sales/retail experience within a customer facing role.
  
• Target driven and motivated to achieve results.
  
• Excellent customer service skills.
  
• Ability to adopt a positive approach to customer queries, pro-actively seeking resolutions.
  
• Confident user of IT and computer systems.
  
• The ability to work well with others.
  
• Excellent attention to detail.
  
• Knowledge of car parts or the automotive industry would be advantageous but isn't essential.
  
• Knowledge of MAM, Allicat, MS Office is desirable.

What we'll offer:

• Opportunity to earn a performance based bonus as part of this role
  
• 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the opportunity to earn up to 5 more with time-served
  
• Free flu vaccine
  
• Health & wellbeing tools
  
• Free support from pension experts
  
• Life assurance scheme
  
• Discounts from 100's of household names including Asda, Nike & John Lewis
  
• A suite of financial wellbeing products including advances and savings schemes
  
• Paid time off to volunteer
  
• Training qualifications and career progression opportunities

About Us

At GSF Car Parts, we're not just supplying car parts, we're driving the future of the automotive aftermarket.

As the UK's fastest-growing motor factor, we've achieved more than 25% year-on-year growth for three consecutive years and continue to expand at an unrivalled pace. With over 215 branches nationwide and a state-of-the-art 500,000 sq ft National Distribution Centre, we're building a business that keeps thousands of workshops moving every day.

But what really sets us apart is our people.

We're a business that invests boldly, embraces innovation and empowers our teams to make a real difference. From industry-leading digital tools like Mastercat to our nationwide Servicesure garage network and partnerships with over 70 OE-quality brands, we're constantly challenging the status quo and finding better ways to serve our customers.

We're ambitious about where we're going and equally ambitious for the people who join us. Whether you're looking to develop your skills, progress your career or help shape the future of our industry, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting time to join GSF Car Parts.

Make an impact. Grow with us. Do yourself proud!