Sales Assistant

Portmeirion Group PLC; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero hours contract

Friendly team

Job summary

Portmeirion Group PLC is seeking a friendly Retail Assistant to join our pop-up shop team in Portsmouth on a zero hours contract. You will support the Store Manager in delivering excellent service, helping customers, managing stock, and ensuring a welcoming shopping experience.

You will engage customers, contribute to sales targets, assist with merchandising, stock checks and daily opening/closing procedures, and collaborate with the wider team to uphold store standards and brand values.

Qualifications

• Retail or customer service experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A positive, proactive, and team-oriented approach.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Flexible and reliable with a commitment to delivering excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Welcome and assist customers, providing outstanding customer service.
• Support the achievement of sales, conversion, and average transaction value (ATV) targets.
• Maintain accurate pricing, promotional displays, and stock levels.
• Process deliveries and book stock onto the system accurately.
• Assist with visual merchandising and ensure displays are attractive and commercially effective.
• Encourage customers to join the company mailing list.
• Participate in regular stocktakes and inventory checks.
• Work collaboratively with the Store Manager and wider team to achieve store objectives.
• Support opening and closing procedures when required.

Skills

Customer service

Retail experience

Communication

Teamwork

Initiative

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering excellent customer service and creating a positive shopping experience? We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and flexible Retail Assistant to join our pop-up shop team on a zero hours contract.

About the Role

As a Sales Assistant, you will support the Store Manager in achieving sales targets while ensuring every customer receives exceptional service. You will play a key role in maintaining high store standards, managing stock, merchandising products, and contributing to the overall success of the store.

Key Responsibilities

• Welcome and assist customers, providing outstanding customer service.
• Support the achievement of sales, conversion, and average transaction value (ATV) targets.
• Maintain accurate pricing, promotional displays, and stock levels.
• Process deliveries and book stock onto the system accurately.
• Assist with visual merchandising and ensure displays are attractive and commercially effective.
• Encourage customers to join the company mailing list.
• Participate in regular stocktakes and inventory checks.
• Work collaboratively with the Store Manager and wider team to achieve store objectives.
• Support opening and closing procedures when required.

About You

• Previous retail or customer service experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A positive, proactive, and team-oriented approach.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Flexible and reliable with a commitment to delivering excellent customer service.

Why work for us

We believe that our people are our greatest asset and the Group’s success is directly related to the effectiveness of our people. We want people to join our team who are as passionate as we are about our six wonderful brands, our products, and our heritage and share the same values.

Portmeirion Group has heritageand familyat our core. We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, communities and the people that bring our products into their homes, and we work hard to reflect this in everything we do.

Our business and brands have a global footprint and strong history. They are grounded in family values, craft, and a commitment to making beautiful products that bring people together and are passed from generation to generation. We operate with integrity, decency, honesty, positivity and inclusion. We use our talent for innovation and creativity to solve challenges and explore how we can become custodians of the future.

We build our global business in a way that evolves this heritage to safeguard the next generation; Combining the best of the past with today’s innovations and designs to make our business as good as it possibly can be and create a positive legacy for the future. For our employees, communities, customers and the planet.