Retail Assistant - Part Time

Farmfoods; Lochyside; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks holiday

Training opportunities

Staff discount 15%

Smart uniform

Free life assurance

Staff benefits package

Job summary

Farmfoods in Fort William/An Gearasdan is seeking part-time Retail Assistants to join a friendly team. Roles involve weekend work with various shift patterns and delivering helpful customer service across busy shop floors.

You will help customers, handle stock, operate tills and keep the store tidy. A flexible, reliable approach and willingness to learn are essential, with opportunities for training and progression within the company.

Qualifications

• Friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• Enjoy being busy with multiple tasks including deliveries, till work, cleaning and stock rotation.
• Reliable, you will be an important part of a small team.
• Flexibility with shifts; three-week rota planning and consideration of commitments.
• May require Employment Verification check if offered the position.

Responsibilities

• Make customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and hello.
• Help customers find items they are looking for.
• Provide fast, friendly till service and assist with packing and saying goodbye.
• Handle stock and deliveries; place products into freezers and on shelves.
• Work with the team to keep shops safe, clean and tidy.

Skills

Customer service

Friendly personality

Reliability

Flexibility

Team player

Job description

Multiple Part Time Retail Assistant Positions Available!

We are looking to recruit part time retail assistants for our shop in Fort William/An Gearasdan, Highland.

We can offer a range of part time contracts with a variety of different shift patterns available.

Please note the following before applying to make sure that these opportunities are right for you:

• All positions will involve some weekend work.

Pay & benefits:

The amount that you will earn depends on your age:

• Ages 16-20 = £10.95 per hour
• Ages 21+ = £12.81 per hour

In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:

• 6 weeks holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

As one of our retail assistants you will:

• Make all of our customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items that they are looking for.
• Give a fast and friendly service at the tills, always offering help to pack and leaving a good impression with a friendly thank you and goodbye.
• Handle stock with care whilst working deliveries, quickly placing products into our freezers and onto our shelves ready for our customers to buy.
• Work with the rest of your team to complete the daily and weekly routines that keep our shops safe, clean and tidy.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• To enjoy being busy as there is always something to do. You’ll jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers on the shop floor, completing important cleaning and stock rotation routines and more!
• To be reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your colleagues and customers will depend upon to do your best on each shift and not let the team down.
• A bit of flexibility when it comes to your shifts. When other members of your team are off enjoying their holidays, we may need you to work slightly different hours to cover for them. Rota’s are planned three weeks in advance and your commitments outside of work will always be taken into consideration when planning your shifts.
• To complete an Employment Verification check if successful and offered the advertised position. An Employment Verification check will be sent to you via email if hired and confirm your previous employment history against the records held by HMRC.

More than just a job:

Many people come to us for a part time job to earn a bit of money whilst they are studying at school, college or university and others find that it fits in well around other commitments like raising a family.

If you decide to stick around then there are many opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have some great training programmes and always look to promote to Shop and Area Manager positions from within. Many people in management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops, so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

A bit about us:

Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail.

We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family oriented goods. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an 'old fashioned', genuine and friendly customer experience.

Our Retail Assistants are very important. They each serve hundreds of customers each week and have the reputation of Farmfoods in their hands. To our customers, they are Farmfoods.