Retail Assistant

GSF Car Parts; Bolton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive parts distributor in the UK is seeking a Retail Assistant responsible for customer service and achieving sales targets. The role involves assisting customers with orders, picking parts from the warehouse, and maintaining a tidy store. Ideal candidates will have retail experience and strong customer service skills. The company offers various benefits including performance bonuses and professional development opportunities, making it a great place to build a career.

Benefits

Performance based bonus

20 days annual leave plus additional

Free flu vaccine

Health & wellbeing tools

Pension support

Life assurance scheme

Discounts from major retailers

Qualifications

• Proven customer service or sales/retail experience within a customer-facing role.
• Target-driven and motivated to achieve results.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve trade and retail customers for click and collect and general orders.
• Pick relevant parts from the warehouse to fulfill customer orders.
• Assist the sales team on promotions and handle queries.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Attention to detail

Teamwork

IT proficiency

Tools

MS Office

MAM Allicat

Job description

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.
• Always working towards the achievement of relevant set KPIs.

Working hours

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

About You

What youll 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 isnt essential.
• Knowledge of MAM Allicat MS Office is desirable.

What well offer :

Benefits at GSF Car Parts are designed to support all aspects of our team members life throughout their career. Whether thats their health wealth or everyday lifestyle we are here for our team members and their loved ones and there is something for everyone! To name a few of our benefits we offer :

• Opportunity to earn a performance based bonus as part of this role
• 20 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 100s 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

GSF Car Parts is one of the UKs leading automotive parts distributors supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts tools garage equipment and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding 475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain marketing and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems which include our industry leading catalogue system Allicat and access to the Groups national garage programme Servicesure.

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Employment Information

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1