Sales Assistant

Regatta Limited; Coleshill CP; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Trailblazers program

Staff discount

Leave entitlement

Wellbeing support

Fundraising matching

Job summary

Regatta Limited in Melbicks is seeking a Sales Assistant for our Blue Diamond Garden Centre concession, working 18 hours per week. You will deliver a personalised customer experience, grow sales in your area and help keep the concession welcoming and well stocked.

We offer progression through our Trailblazers programme, staff discounts, regular awards and wellbeing support. Previous retail experience is valued and training is provided to help you shine within our friendly Regatta family.

Qualifications

• Previous retail experience is essential.
• Training will be provided.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a first-class customer experience tailored to individual needs.
• Maximise sales within your concession area inside store.
• Maintain a friendly, inviting concession with warm personality.
• Replenish and display clothing and accessories with merchandising skills.
• Use product knowledge to advise customers on adventures.

Skills

Retail experience

Job description

Do you love meeting new people, tending to ask lots of questions and get a buzz from giving personalised advice? If so, then you would love to hear more about our exciting opportunity for a Sales Assistant to join our Blue Diamond Garden Centre store team in Melbicks working 18 hours per week. Previous retail experience is essential, however training will be given. People love working in our Concessions - and we have the employee engagement results to prove it. You'll find members of the regional teams as diverse as the customers who love shopping in them. It's a friendly, supportive family business - a place where bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travellers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians and more come together to create experiences consumers really appreciate. The difference you'll make:

• You will deliver a first-class customer experience, tailored to people's individual needs
• Help to maximise sales within your concession area within store
• With your warm personality and enthusiasm, your Concession will always be friendly and inviting to both regular and new customers
• Deliveries will be processed and clothing and accessories will be replenished and displayed with your intuitive merchandising skills
• Your in-depth product knowledge of feature and benefits allows you to provide expert advice on what customers need for all their adventures

Our investment in YOU! We understand that everyone's career path and ambitions are different, which is why we have created our bespoke Trailblazers retail development programme that is available for all Concessions & Retail employees. You will develop transferable skills and gain valuable experience when part of the Regatta Family, whilst working with a diverse group of people across your region who share the same core values of Great Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit! Our investment in the environment! Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, and you will have the opportunity to support our Group wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in!

• Starting pay above minimum wage between £11.05 and £12.81 per hour
• Additional pay increases in line with our Trailblazers development programme - earn as you learn!
• A quarterly bonus based on targets and sales performance
• Brand new kit provided twice a year to wear on your concession
• Up to 70% discount on all Regatta Group brands
• Fantastic monthly and annual awards to recognise individual and regional achievements
• 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays & pro-rated for weekly hours)
• Holiday pay based on your average hours worked
• Long service awards, including meals and trips away as well as an extra day of annual leave!
• Meaningful internal and external wellbeing initiatives and support available
• A charity fundraising matching scheme as well as long standing partnerships with charities such as the Alzheimer's society
• High employee engagement results
• Be part of a great regional team, yet take full ownership of your concession