Sales Assistant - Cheshire Oaks

networx Recruitment; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Refer a friend bonus

Length of Service rewards

Training and development opportunities

Reward & Recognition Program

Job summary

The Barbour Cheshire Oaks Store is seeking a Sales Assistant on a 24 hour part-time temporary contract to cover the seasonal period. You will work on the shop floor and in the stockroom, delivering excellent customer service and promoting the Barbour brand in a fast-paced environment.

You will be reliable, hardworking and confident in developing selling opportunities while maintaining high standards of visual merchandising and store presentation.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer care and advanced selling skills.
• Ability to work in a target-driven environment and achieve sales goals.
• Professional and respectful manner with customers and colleagues.
• Understanding current fashion trends to support selling.
• Strong verbal and written communication to build relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Contribute positively towards sales and profitability budgets by achieving personal sales targets.
• Deliver outstanding customer service at all times.
• Promote the Barbour brand within the locality as a brand ambassador.
• Maintain shop floor standards front and back of house.
• Process transactions accurately through the till system.
• Support stockroom tasks including deliveries, transfers and replenishment.

Skills

Customer care

Advanced selling

Target orientation

Professional conduct

Communication

Visual merchandising

Stockroom experience

Pace and efficiency

Retail environment

Customer service

Tools

EPOS systems

MS Outlook

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Assistant to join our Cheshire Oaks Store on a 24 hour part time temporary contract, covering the seasonal period. The successful candidate will have responsibilities on both the shop floor and in the stockroom. You will be reliable and hardworking and have a passion for delivering excellent levels of customer service. The ideal candidate will be confident developing selling opportunities and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. You will act as a brand ambassador and will be responsible for representing the Barbour brand in a positive and professional manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute positively towards the sales/ profitability budgets for the store through achieving personal sales targets.
• Deliver outstanding customer service at all times.
• Be a brand ambassador promoting the brand within the locality.
• Maintain shop floor standards both front and back of house.
• Undertake and apply accurate Company administration procedures.
• Comply with Company security procedures.
• Actively support store management procedures, in line with Company policy.
• Ensure all Health & Safety regulations and Company procedures are adhered.
• Accurately process transactions through the till system.
• Undertake any other reasonable activity, as may be required by senior management.
• Processing deliveries and transfers
• Organising stock in the back of house
• Replenishment of the shopfloor
• Supporting stockroom manager in day-to-day tasks
• Customer service required dependant on business needs

Skills and Experience:

• Excellent customer care and advanced selling skills.
• Understanding of requirements to work in a target orientated environment
• Acting with a professional and respectful manner to all individuals.
• Understanding current market trends in relation to clothing/ fashion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to build strong relationships internally at all business levels.
• Able to analyse basic internal data and could translate into actions.
• Understanding and ability to implement visual merchandising standards.
• Information Technology skills including experience of EPOS systems, MS Outlook.
• Flexibility with working hours is essential.
• Previous experience in working in a retail stockroom
• Works with pace and efficiency
• Delivers good service when the role requires shopfloor presence
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Length of Service rewards
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Reward & Recognition Program

Additional information:

• 24 hours

Note: In the event that a sufficient volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date.

The Company

The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. Still family owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside.

The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.