Seasonal Sales Advisor

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

Benefits offered by this job

£13.05 per hour

Performance incentives

50% staff discount

70% discount on Hotel stay in St Lucia

Career progression

Job summary

Hotel Chocolat is hiring a Seasonal Sales Advisor in the UK to help customers during the festive period. You will guide guests to the perfect gifts, share knowledge about seasonal products like Velvetiser, and ensure a memorable shopping experience in a fast-paced store environment.

You’ll be trained to handle transactions, assist with stock replenishment, and contribute to a welcoming store atmosphere. The role offers incentives, staff discounts, and opportunities for personal growth within a

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or customer-facing roles is desirable.
• Flexibility to meet stores trading hours and peak times.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Immerse customers in Hotel Chocolat and showcase seasonal products.
• Identify customer needs through questions and allergen checks to tailor recommendations.
• Support store team with deliveries and replenishment.
• Process transactions, refunds and exchanges at the till.
• Maintain high standards in store and cafe areas to wow customers.
• If a café is present, prepare drinks and snacks per guidelines while keeping areas clean.
• Support overall store and team success.

Skills

Customer service

Upselling

Cash handling

Teamwork

Tools

POS system

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