Seasonal Sales Advisor

Hotel Chocolat; Lamesley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% staff discount

70% hotel stay discount (St Lucia)

Career development

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat, the UK's premium chocolate brand, is hiring a Seasonal Sales Advisor to support stores during the bustling Christmas period. You will help customers choose gifts, check allergens and process transactions, while keeping the store and cafe area inviting. Reliable, flexible and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, you’ll enjoy incentives and staff discounts as part of a growing team.

Qualifications

• Reliable and flexible to meet store trading and delivery needs.
• Excellent customer service and ability to discover buying needs by asking key questions.
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Immerse customers in Hotel Chocolat and seasonal products.
• Help customers find the perfect Christmas gifts and check allergens.
• Support store team with deliveries and replenishment as needed.
• Process transactions, refunds and exchanges at the till.
• Maintain a high standard in store and cafe areas to WOW customers.
• Prepare hot and cold drinks, ice creams and snacks if the cafe is present.

Skills

Customer service

Flexibility

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