Sales Assistant at Tesco

Entertainer; Newbury; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

20% toy discount in Entertainer stores

Early access to pay via MyPayNow

Financial wellbeing support

Retail Trust support services

Free Virtual GP

Job summary

Entertainer is seeking energetic Sales Assistants to join the Tesco Concession in Newbury. You will help manage the toy aisles, merchandise stock, price items, and support promotions while delivering a friendly shopping experience.

This fixed-term role requires flexible hours between 8am and 7pm on weekdays and weekends, with opportunities for extra hours during the peak Christmas period. You will be part of a small team under the Entertainer brand in Tesco Extra Newbury.

Qualifications

• Energetic and hardworking attitude.
• Ability to deliver a great shopping experience.
• Proactive in maintaining shelves and price accuracy.
• Willingness to work flexible weekdays/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Merchandising, handling deliveries, replenishing stock and price management.
• Start of shift bay checks for pricing, stock gaps and recovering general standards.
• Replenishment of section, maintaining cleanliness and good organisation.
• Maintain good communication with your colleagues and Line Manager.
• Engage customers in aisles and promote sales using toy knowledge.

Skills

Customer service

Merchandising

Stock replenishment

Pricing

Communication

Initiative

Job description

We are looking for energetic and hard-working Sales Assistants to join our Tesco Concession team to help support us at our busiest time of the year, working in Newbury Tesco Extra

Working as a Tesco Sales Assistant on a fixed term contract, you will be joining a small team to look after the toy aisles in our unique Entertainer branded space. You will be responsible for delivering a great shopping experience for our customers, keeping the shelves full and priced – whilst being on hand to confidently answer any toy related questions too with your newly found toy knowledge.

You will hit the ground running, setting up our eagerly anticipated Power Aisles, where we showcase our must-have toys and great value deals.

With your remote Entertainer Manager’s support and guidance, you will have the expertise to work on your own to carry out your main duties which include merchandising stock, replenishing the department, pricing and implementing promotions, whilst keeping the toy offering up to date and well stocked.

Having bucket loads of enthusiasm will help you with this unique role in which being able to work on your own initiative, and always taking pride in your work are a must!.

Key Information about this role:

• Fixed term contract starting on the 6th September
• Contract end date: Christmas Eve 24th December
• Working Hours - Flexibility to work weekdays and weekends, between the hours of 8am and 7pm is required.
• Weekly contract hours - 8 hours per week.
• Shift patterns and days will vary but will be notified in advance.
• Opportunities for you to work extra hours during our busiest Christmas weeks.

Rates of Pay:

16-20 year olds - £11.30per hour

21-year-oldplus - £12.86per hour

How we will reward you:

We are proud to offer many amazing benefits to our Sales Assistants at Tesco including:

• 20% toy discount in Entertainer stores
• Early access to pay via MyPayNow
• Financial wellbeing support
• Colleague support services via the Retail Trust
• Free Virtual GP

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Merchandising, handling deliveries, replenishing stock and price management
• Start of shift bay checks for pricing, stock gaps and recovering general standards
• Replenishment of section, maintaining cleanliness and good organisation
• Maintain good communication with your colleagues and Line Manager
• Acknowledge customers in the aisles, making conversation and encouraging a sale using your awesome toy knowledge

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date, should we receive sufficient applications for the role, thank you.