Sales Assistant/Driver

AkzoNobel; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading paints company in Salford is hiring a Sales Assistant / Driver to enhance customer experience and maximize sales. You will manage deliveries, support store operations, and embody excellent customer service skills. The role offers a competitive hourly wage of £12.66, with 30 hours per week and potential overtime. Ideal candidates have experience in retail and a valid driving license, along with a collaborative spirit and calm demeanor. The company promotes a healthy work-life balance and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays

Great Company pension

Income protection

Staff discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Life Assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a customer service / retail role.
• Valid driving license.
• Enjoys a collaborative working environment.
• Calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Engage in planning and store meetings.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome.
• Use client service tools for consistency.
• Follow the merchandising plan to restock.
• Load the van and plan delivery routes.
• Develop skills and encourage colleagues.

Skills

Customer service

Collaboration

Communication

Organization

Calm under pressure

Job description

About AkzoNobel

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.

Position Details

Sales Assistant / Driver

Dulux Decorator Centre

Salford, M5 3GR

£12.66 per hour & Sales-Based Bonus

30 Hours per week

With an additional up to 10 hours overtime available most weeks

About the Role

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. Recognized 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 instore 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 maximize the sales and market share of AkzoNobel products and accessories in your store. You will carry out customer deliveries to homes and businesses too.

This is a 30 hr per week role (with an additional up to 10 hours overtime available most weeks). You need to be available to work shifts between 7am and 6pm Mon-Fri. You will also work some Saturday shifts (8am to 4pm) on a rotational basis, with time off in lieu.

Job Responsibilities

• Play an active part in engagement planning & monthly store meeting sessions.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome, an informed conversation & personalized 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 license.
• 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 do we Offer at Dulux Decorator Centres

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

• 25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays
• Great Company pension
• Income protection.
• Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centre stores.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Life Assurance.
• Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex, retail card, 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 look at flexible working options for all our roles.

Legal

© Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

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 context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

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