Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant

Retail Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known retail organization is looking for a Seasonal Sales Assistant in Southend-on-Sea for the busy holiday season. You will engage with customers, manage stock deliveries, and create a festive spirit in the store. Ideal candidates are friendly and can handle a fast-paced environment. This role offers a 25% colleague discount among other perks, and there's potential for permanent positions post-festive period.

Benefits

25% Colleague Discount

Exclusive online discounts

Access to training courses

Early access to wages

24/7 support services

Qualifications

• Experience in retail is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Positive attitude and willingness to help customers.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers with a friendly smile and assist them.
• Manage heavy deliveries and stock organization.
• Follow merchandising guidelines and be creative.

Skills

Customer service

Multitasking

Creativity

Physical fitness

Job description

Overview

As a Seasonal Sales Assistant, you\'ll join our merry crew and help make this holiday season the best one yet! Supporting our busy peak period leading up to the holiday, you will be the heart of our retail store, welcoming customers with a friendly smile and inspiring them to read, learn, create, or play. We have lots of deliveries and seasonal stock to manage. The role can be physically demanding and hard work - you\'ll need to be physically comfortable managing stairs and heavy stock, but our supportive team of crafty, caring, and can-do colleagues will be there to lend a helping hand! Joining us during this period is a great way to take advantage of our 25% colleague discount to help in the run up to holiday season.

Our Culture The Works is an awesome place to… well, work! Our atmosphere is supportive, friendly, and inclusive. A second home-from-home where you can be your best and authentic you. Our environment is always moving and full of energy, yet we still make space to share must-watch TV recommendations, and our favourite page-turners. Because even superheroes need some downtime to fuel their imaginations! We are one team. You won\'t find anyone too proud to roll up their sleeves here, with all hands-on-deck to inspire our customers and support each other.

Your Festive Mission

• Excite and Delight: Spread joy with your friendly service and inspire customers to read, learn, create, or play with our magical products!


• Loyalty Ambassador: Jingle all the way as you help customers to craft a christmas well spent and know they can get more bang for their money at The Works - they\'ll thank you with bells on!


• Merchandising Marvel: Unwrap your creative flair by following our planograms for key product areas. And when you have the freedom, let your creativity dance like snowflakes in non-planogrammed spaces to catch the eye!


• Deliveries: Become a puzzle-master as you manage heavy deliveries, price & label products like a pro, sort items onto shop floor displays, and make sure the stockroom is as snug as a Christmas stocking! Genuine and authentic: Your positivity, creativity, and passion for our brand and products shine through like twinkling lights on a Christmas tree. Talking to people is your superpower, and customers can\'t resist your helpful recommendations!


• Resilient champion: You can handle the fast-paced retail environment like a boss, juggling busy days, heavy deliveries, and customers with ease. You\'re the ultimate multitasking hero!


• Stock magician: You tackle the puzzle of sorting, pricing, and merchandising deliveries like Santa\'s little helper! Embrace the boxes; they\'ve got nothing on you!

Remember, you\'re not just an colleague - you\'re a festive elf spreading cheer and making the season merry and bright!

Whilst we can\'t make any promises right now, there is often potential for us to take on some seasonal colleagues on a permanent basis after the initial festive contract.

Role Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant 8 hour contract

Why The Works?

10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 - \'Best Companies\'. We don\'t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects them with a late family member\'s memory. You never know who someone will become. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark within people, allowing them to unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories. The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.

Our Perks Are \'The Works\'

• 25% Colleague Discount! - Helping you to save money for those presents!


• My Works - Exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utility deals, tech and more!


• Can-Do Academy - Take control of your development with instant access to courses and training in areas that interest you.


• Stream - Stream early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them - for when \'life\' happens!


• 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with Retail Trust Charity, who provide an Employee Assistance Programme from Emotional Support to Financial Health and Physical Wellbeing.