Seasonal Sales Advisor

Hotel Chocolat; Kinnaird; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount 50%

Discount on hotel stays 70%

Performance incentives

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat is hiring a Seasonal Sales Advisor for the Christmas peak at our UK store network. You will engage customers, present seasonal products like Velvetiser gifts, and help shoppers select perfect gifts while checking for allergens.

In return, you’ll earn £13.05 per hour, with incentives and exclusive staff discounts, plus opportunities for personal development within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Seasonal role during Christmas period.
• Customer service mindset and ability to engage shoppers.
• Ability to ask questions to identify buying needs and check allergies.

Responsibilities

• Immerse customers in the world of Hotel Chocolat and showcase seasonal products.
• Help customers find the perfect gift by identifying their needs and allergens during purchases.
• Process transactions, refunds and exchanges at the till and support deliveries and replenishment as needed.
• Maintain high standards in-store and café areas to WOW customers.

Job description

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Job Reference hotelchocolat/TP/1640/1350

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract

13.05

Working Hours:

12

Location:

Closing Date:

08/11/2026

Job Category:

Retail

Country:

UK Region

Division:

Job Introduction

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!

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