Temporary Retail Sales Assistant, London Stores

Aspiga UK; London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Retail Assistant in London, where your passion for sustainability and exceptional customer service can shine. In this temporary position, you'll work closely with Shop Managers to drive sales, manage staff, and uphold the values of ethical fashion. Your role will involve ensuring the store meets its sales targets while promoting sustainable practices and delivering an outstanding customer experience. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsible fashion brand that prioritizes people and the planet. If you're enthusiastic, creative, and ready to make a difference in retail, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Passion for sustainability and excellent retail/customer skills.
• Ability to manage staff and drive sales effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage London stores to achieve sales and profit targets.
• Coach and motivate the shop team to deliver excellent customer service.
• Ensure sustainable practices are implemented in the store.

Skills

Retail Skills

Customer Service Skills

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Sustainability Awareness

Education

High School Diploma

Relevant Retail Experience

Job description

Retail Assistant – King's Road and Northcote Road, London

Temporary/Summer Work Position

Start Date – ASAP

Based in London

THE POSITION: TEMPORARY RETAIL ASSISTANT IN LONDON

Established in 2005, we are a responsible fashion brand who continue to lead the way in sustainable and ethical fashion - putting people and our planet first. Upholding these values is a key objective for the company: we use sustainable fabrics such as organic cotton, Lenzing viscose and linen, and all our packaging is made from recycled materials. We partner with artisans and suppliers, primarily in Kenya and India, to create contemporary and stylish clothing collections for women and men, whilst supporting small, family-run businesses.

At Aspiga, we believe remarkable talent, enthusiasm, and creative thinking add up to great work. We’re looking for a versatile new member of the Retail team; a good communicator with a passion for sustainability, who has excellent retail and customer skills to drive the retail channel.

The role of the Retail Assistant is to work with our Shop Managers to manage the store and deliver the agreed KPI’s and business plans for Aspiga.

Working across Kings Road and Northcote Road shops with possible projects in HQ.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Reporting into the Shop Managers and managing the London stores to ensure sales and profit targets are achieved.
2. Supporting the manager to open and manage the retail store.
3. Manage the staff rota to ensure the shop is staffed appropriately and staff hours are managed against budget and agreed sales targets for the shop.
4. Ensuring the sustainable fitouts for each store are delivered and implemented on time, making sure the shop is as sustainable as possible and that the point of sale reflects this.
5. Ensuring the consistent delivery of Aspiga’s customer service experience through coaching, developing and motivating the shop team, leading by example and by exceptional interactions with the customer.
6. Ensuring all staff work to the Aspiga customer experience and brand guidelines within the shop.
7. Behaving in a manner that represents the values of the Aspiga brand, adhering to company guidelines and policies.
8. Actively seeking opportunities to develop the profile of the Aspiga brand in the retail environments and engage their customers, increase conversion, develop relevant and appropriate collaborations, build strategic relationships within the store’s local community and by organising events with social media influencers and bloggers.
9. Ensure marketing materials such as brochures and ‘Aspiga Loves’ are handed out and all staff collect customer names to sign up to the email database.
10. Actively driving commercial opportunities e.g. using social and paid ads to increase footfall and looking at innovative ways to market the shops within the local area to help increase sales.
11. Undertake frequent stock takes, checking stocks in store are selling, review best sellers, define with the Merchandiser the right collection/range for stores and feedback to HQ high, via the Manager.
12. Ensuring company and brand standards are maintained as well as adhering to H&S guidelines.
13. Upholding Aspiga’s values on sustainability and ethical fashion by ensuring their knowledge of the company’s ethical and sustainable use of materials, production processes and recycled packaging is up-to-date.

Approx. 9am-5pm but flexibility required for events, late openings and filling gaps where staff rota demands.

Please send your CV to [e-mail].