Sales Assistant - Postmark

baseskillsacademy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

Postmark in London Battersea Power Station is seeking a part-time Sales Assistant to greet customers and keep the shop looking its best. The role involves merchandising, helping shoppers, processing payments and supporting deliveries.

Work is 6 hours per week at £12.50 per hour with an immediate start and a flexible schedule, including the ability to collect heavy deliveries on Wednesdays and Sundays. A friendly, confident, and articulate English speaker is essential.

Qualifications

• Customer-facing role in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn product ranges and promotions.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and assist with finding items.
• Merchandise and tidy the shop floor for best display.
• Assist shoppers, answer queries and handle payments.
• Replenish stock and assist with deliveries.
• Open/close shop and balance cash registers as needed.
• Maintain displays and support promotions.

Skills

Friendly

Confident with customers

Approachable

Helpful

Team player

Smart appearance

Articulate

Great English

Job description

Postmark is recruiting.

Location: London Battersea Power Station

Position: Sales Assistant

Hours: 6 per week

Salary: £12.50 per hour

Immediate start: Fully flexible able to collect heavy deliverieson Wednesdays and Sundays

About us

At Postmark we love cards, and we love happy customers. We are unashamedly determined to bring our customers the widest range of quality greeting cards and stationery on the UK high street.

Our sales staff are at the heart of everything we do and play a hugely important role in bringing our vision to life.

General day-to-day Sales Assistant duties

• Greeting customers who enter the shop
• Merchandising and tidying at every opportunity to ensure the shop floor looks its best and has a great selection of cards, especially bestsellers, available.
• Assisting shoppers to find items they are looking for.
• Answering queries from customers.
• Replenishing stock
• Assisting with deliveries
• Processing payments
• Keeping the store tidy and clean by completing key daily and weekly tasks as set by your manager
• Pricing merchandise
• Closing and opening the shop as required
• Balancing cash registers with receipts if you are on a closing shift.
• Reporting any discrepancies and problems to your supervisor or Manager
• Keeping up to date with special promotions and putting up displays

The personal skills we are looking for in a Sales Assistant

• A friendly and engaging personality.
• Confident working with members of the public.
• An approachable manner.
• Helpful and polite.
• Able to handle the fast-paced retail environment
• An interest in cards and stationery and an ability to learn about all our products
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Smart appearance and articulate.
• Great English