Retail Assistant - Part Time, Evenings & Weekends

Farmfoods; Sandiacre; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A retail company in Sandiacre is looking for a part-time Retail Assistant to provide exceptional customer service and assist with daily tasks. The role offers a pay range of £10.10 to £12.31 per hour, a 15% staff discount, and various training opportunities. Ideal for those seeking flexibility in their working hours, fits well around studies or family commitments.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Training and development opportunities

Free life assurance

Staff benefits package

Qualifications

• Must have a friendly demeanor to welcome customers.
• Enjoy being busy and multitasking in a retail environment.
• Dependable team player ensuring team success.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers with a smile and assist them.
• Provide fast and friendly service at the tills.
• Handle stock carefully during deliveries.

Skills

Friendly and positive approach

Reliability

Flexibility in shifts

Job description

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Farmfoods provided pay range

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Base pay range

• Hours: 8 hours across 2 days per week.
• Pay: £10.10 - £12.31 per hour.
• Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Long Eaton, Derbyshire. We offer a permanent part time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 8 hours worked over 2 days from 7 each week, including weekends.

Please note that this position will require you to be available for shifts on weekday evenings and all day on Saturday and Sunday. This position may not be suitable for you if you are not available to work at these times.

Pay & benefits:

• Ages 16-20 = £10.10 per hour
• Ages 21+ = £12.31 per hour
• 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.

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.

Contract information:

Position: PTRA, Hours: 8, Days: 2

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development
• Retail