Retail Sales Assistant

Mamas & Papas; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading baby products retailer in Crawley is looking for enthusiastic Sales Assistants/Consultants for a temporary role. You will deliver heart-warming customer experiences and assist with product knowledge. The ideal candidate has a background in retail or customer service, strong communication skills, and a positive attitude. Enjoy benefits like 33 days of holiday and employee discounts. This role offers 6 hours of work per week on Saturdays. Join a team dedicated to making parenting journeys magical.

Benefits

33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service

Buy & Sell holiday schemes

Company Bonus Schemes

Employer pension contribution from day 1

Significant staff discounts

Ongoing offers & discounts

Subsidised health & critical illness cover

Supportive family related leave policies

Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes

Qualifications

• Retail, sales, or customer service background preferred.
• Strong communication skills and love putting a smile on a customer’s face.
• Passion for creating magical moments and helping families.
• Positive attitude, team player, and reliable attendance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional customer experience in a friendly, informative and reassuring manner.
• Assist customers with product knowledge and recommendations.
• Provide in‑store personal shopping and other specialist services.
• Maintain visual merchandising standards.
• Collaborate with team to achieve store goals.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Customer service orientation

Positive attitude

Team collaboration

Job description

Our store teams are that warm arm of reassurance, that friendly face to offer incredible product insight, product knowledge and trust. Whether it be our in‑store personal shopping experiences, car seat consultations, in‑store parent‑to‑be events, or someone to help guide our customers along their unique parenting journey, our amazing store teams are there to make sure buying that first pram, cot, baby changing table or outfit for baby’s 1st birthday, whatever it may be, is a magical moment they’ll cherish forever.

Role Overview

We are looking for enthusiastic Sales Assistants/Consultants to join our Mamas & Papas Crawley store. This temporary role covers 6 hours per week, Saturdays 11‑5. You will be our ambassador, delivering a heart‑warming experience to every customer.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional customer experience in a friendly, informative and reassuring manner.
• Assist customers with product knowledge, recommendations for car seat, pram, baby changing table, and outfit for baby’s first birthday.
• Provide in‑store personal shopping, car seat consultations, parent‑to‑be events and other specialist services.
• Maintain visual merchandising standards and product displays.
• Collaborate with team to achieve store goals and shop visual standards.

Qualifications

• Retail, sales, or customer service background preferred.
• Strong communication skills and love putting a smile on a customer’s face.
• Passion for creating magical moments and helping families.
• Positive attitude, team player, and reliable attendance.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes.
• Company Bonus Schemes.
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online.
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations: holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services.
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances.
• Supportive family related leave policies (including enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave).
• Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering.
• Support for Loss and Bereavement.
• A Menopause Friendly Employer.
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes.
• At Mamas & Papas, we are a business for the future. Every day, we welcome a new generation of children into the world and help them grow up in a sustainable world full of opportunity and hope.
• Oh, and a great bunch of people to work with too.
• (NB: All benefits subject to contracts and individual schemes criteria & terms)

To Apply

Download your CV and complete our short Mamas & Papas application form (2 minutes max).

We do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies or similar. We champion people of all cultures, ethnicities and gender preferences and celebrate diversity in all its forms. We strongly believe in the power of inclusivity to help us all move forward in life.