Sales Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Braintree; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a pioneering paints company as a Sales Assistant and play a vital role in enhancing customer experiences. This part-time position offers the chance to collaborate with a dedicated team, ensuring that every customer feels valued and informed. With a commitment to personal development and a fantastic benefits package, this role is perfect for those looking to grow in a supportive environment. If you have a passion for customer service and enjoy working collaboratively, this opportunity is your canvas to shine and make a difference in the community.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Income protection

Staff discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Company pension

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a customer service/retail role.
• Valid driving license required for deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome and personalized proposals.
• Support the store’s monthly customer contact plan.
• Load the van and plan delivery routes.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Job description

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Since , we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

Sales Assistant

Competitive Salary + Lucrative Sales-Based Bonus

Part time – 16 hours per week

We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed in the job description.

Part of the AkzoNobel family, Dulux Decorating Centres has over nationwide stores and is the UK’s largest paint and decorating merchant. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. At Dulux Decorating Centres, we pride ourselves on doing things differently, fostering your success with a remarkable benefits package and the training needed for career progression. Recognised as a Top Employer with ‘Investors in People-Gold’ accreditation, we bring a huge range of services and products to decorating professionals and DIY enthusiasts across the country.

Job Purpose

You will play a key role in the success of your store by collaborating with in-store colleagues and our UK Sales Team to provide a memorable customer experience to professionals & DIY enthusiasts. We will look to you to use your people skills to help maximise the sales and market share of AkzoNobel products and accessories in your store. You will also carry out customer deliveries to homes and businesses.

This is a part time role working 16 hours per week, typically you will work Thursday and Friday each week with an occasional Saturday.

Job Responsibilities

• Play an active part in engagement planning & monthly store meeting sessions.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome, an informed conversation & personalised proposal.
• Use our client service tools to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Support your store’s monthly customer contact plan.
• Follow the merchandising plan to restock the shop floor.
• Load the van & plan delivery routes.
• Develop your skills & encourage colleagues to do so using our training tools.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience in a customer service/retail role.
• Valid driving licence.
• Enjoys a collaborative working environment where supporting colleagues is key.
• Calm under pressure.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Excellent communication, customer service & interpersonal skills.
• Well organized & with an eye for detail.
• Enjoys ongoing coaching & support to advance career & build skills.

What We Offer at AkzoNobel

We offer great personal development opportunities and roles with breadth, depth of scope and impact. Our comprehensive packages include:

• Competitive Salary (depending on experience).
• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays.
• Income protection.
• Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centre stores.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Life Assurance.
• Company pension.
• Product discounts.
• Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex, retailcard, dental cover and more!

We have been inventing the future for more than two centuries and need people like you to be part of the team.

Apply online via the link and we will get right back to you.

We are advocates of a healthy work-life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to consider flexible working options for all our roles.

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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a spirit of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process is designed to foster this diversity, including training on Unconscious Bias to help our TA and hiring managers be mindful and take corrective actions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.