Seasonal Sales Advisor

Hotel Chocolat; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

£13.05 per hour incentives based on性能

50% unlimited staff discount

70% discount off a stay in our Hotel

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat in Aberdeen is hiring a Seasonal Sales Advisor to help customers choose the perfect gifts this Christmas. You’ll delight shoppers, process transactions, and assist with deliveries and stock replenishment while keeping the store looking inviting.

Reliability and flexibility are key to meeting store trading times in a fast-paced environment. In return you’ll earn £13.05 per hour, enjoy 50% staff discount, and have opportunities for personal and career growth.

Qualifications

• Ability to engage customers and identify buying needs.
• Comfort handling transactions, refunds and exchanges.
• Able to assist with deliveries and replenishment as needed.

Responsibilities

• Immerse customers in Hotel Chocolat and seasonal products.
• Help customers find the right Christmas gifts by asking key questions.
• Process transactions at the till, refunds and exchanges.
• Support store deliveries and stock replenishment.
• Maintain a high standard in-store and in the café area (if present).
• Prepare drinks, ice creams and snacks if café is available, keeping areas clean.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Reliability

Job description

Are you ready to join Hotel Chocolat at our busiest and most magical time of year? We’re the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brand and we need your help to deliver the best experience for our customers this Christmas!To join us as a Seasonal Sales Advisor, you’re not just passionate about our chocolate, you’re obsessed delighting customers - ready to help them find the perfect gift for their friends, family, colleagues, neighbours…After all, chocolate makes the perfect present!We ask that you are reliable and flexible to meet the needs of the stores trading and delivery times and are comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll be doing:

• Immersing our customers in the world of Hotel Chocolat and a store full of inspirational seasonal products including the perfect gift – the Velvetiser.
• Ensuring our customers find the perfect Christmas gift for everyone on their shopping list by discovering your customers’ reason for their visit, asking them key questions to establish their buying needs and checking for allergens throughout your time with them.
• Supporting the store team with deliveries and replenishment as needed.
• Processing transactions, refunds and exchanges at the till.
• Maintaining a high standard in our store and café areas to WOW our customers.
• If your store has a café area, you will prepare hot and cold drinks, ice creams and snacks according to our guidelines and processes whilst keeping the area immaculately clean.
• Supporting where you can to the success of your store and team.

In return for going the extra mile, our gift to you:

• £13.05 per hour Incentives based on performance.
• 50% unlimited staff discount to treat yourself and your friends and family.
• 70% discount off a stay in our Hotel in St Lucia.
• A chance to develop yourself personally, working in an exciting, innovative and expanding company with real career progression.

About Us

We’re not just a chocolate company; we’re a family of chocolate lovers. From luxury gifts to our iconic Velvetiser™ and beyond, we’ve built a brand that’s all about crafting moments of indulgence. Our journey began as a humble mint company, but we soon found our passion for cacao and never looked back. Today, we’re proud to operate over 150 stores across the UK and continue to grow across categories, channels, and territories. Patience, passion, and purpose drive everything we do – just like the perfect cacao pod, our success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of hard work, innovation, and the shared dedication of our customers, colleagues, farmers, and suppliers.

To learn more about who we are and our People Pledge to equality, diversity, and inclusion, visit: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html