Sales Assistant - Southampton West Quay.

Smyths Toys; Hedge End; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Parental payments

Life-Event gifts

Job summary

Smyths Toys is seeking a Sales Assistant for Southampton West Quay on a temporary contract. Rates: Under 21 £11 per hour, 21+ £12.90 per hour. Roles include delivering excellent customer service, helping customers with their needs, and supporting a fast-paced team in-store.

Responsibilities include till work, stocking shelves, price changes, and maintaining store presentation. Flexible availability across seven days is preferred to cover shifts.

Qualifications

• High level of customer service
• Flexibility to work across seven days
• Retail experience desirable but not essential

Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of customer service
• Ascertain customers’ needs and wants
• Work as part of a fast paced and dynamic team
• Keep the store clean and tidy
• Pack shelves and merchandise
• Work deliveries and complete price changes
• Work on the tills
• Learn about and keep up to date with our products to help customers

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Cash handling

Retail experience

Job description

Career Opportunities: Sales Assistant - Southampton West Quay. (25974)

Requisition ID25974-Posted21/09/2026-UK-Southampton-Retail

Smyths Toys is one of the world's largest specialty retailers of children's toys. We operate both online, and via our physical retail stores, with hundreds of stores spread across Europe and the UK. We source our product range from an extensive array of UK, European, and international suppliers.

About The Role

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be part of an expanding business, filled with fun & exciting opportunities? Come and join our team of superheroes, as we are on the search to recruit our next generation of Sales Assistants, for Smyths Toys Superstores!

This is a temporary contract

Rates of pay:

Under 21: £11 per hour, 21 and over: £12.90 per hour

Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of customer service
• Ascertain customers’ needs and wants
• Work as part of a fast paced and dynamic team
• Keep the store clean and tidy
• Pack shelves and merchandise
• Work delivery and complete price changes
• Work on the tills
• Learn about and keep up to date with our products in order to help customers

The Ideal Candidate

Retail experience in the following areas is highly desirable, but not essential:

Nursery

Software & Gaming

Backdoor/Warehouse

Our stores are open 7 days a week so we need our Sales Assistants to be as flexible as possible.

A benefits package inclusive of:

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Company Maternity and Paternity Payments

Special Life-Event Gifts

Smyths Toys is an Equal Opportunities Employer