Vacancies Sales Assistant

AkzoNobel Corporate; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading paint and coatings company seeks a Sales Assistant in Haywards Heath to enhance customer experience and support sales efforts. This role involves engaging with customers, ensuring warm welcomes, and utilizing client service tools. Ideal candidates will have proven retail experience and strong communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, and various employee benefits including discounts and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

25 days holiday

Income protection

Staff discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Company pension

Product discounts

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a customer service / retail role.
• Enjoys a collaborative working environment.
• Calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Engage in planning & monthly store meetings.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome.
• Use client service tools for consistent experience.
• Support the monthly customer contact plan.
• Follow merchandising plans to restock.
• Load the van & plan delivery routes.
• Develop skills & encourage colleagues.

Skills

Customer service experience

Collaborative working

Calm under pressure

Excellent communication skills

Well organized

Job description

Sales Assistant

Haywards Heath Gower Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

1266 pounds / hr - 15 hours per week

We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role even if you don't meet all the criteria listed in the job description.

Job Purpose

You will play a key role in the success of your store by collaborating with instore colleagues and our UK Sales Team to provide a memorable customer experience to professionals & DIY enthusiasts. We will look to you to use your people skills to help maximize the sales and market share of AkzoNobel products and accessories in your store.

This is a 15 hr per week role.

Job Responsibilities

• Play an active part in engagement planning & monthly store meeting sessions.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome, an informed conversation & personalized proposal.
• Use our client service tools to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Support your store's monthly customer contact plan.
• Follow the merchandising plan to restock the shop floor.
• Load the van & plan delivery routes.
• Develop your skills & encourage colleagues to do so using our training tools.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience in a customer service / retail role.
• Enjoys a collaborative working environment where supporting colleagues is key.
• Calm under pressure.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Excellent communication, customer service & interpersonal skills.
• Well organized & with an eye for detail.
• Enjoys ongoing coaching & support to advance career & build skills.

What do we Offer at AkzoNobel

• Competitive Salary (depending on experience).
• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays.
• Income protection.
• Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centre stores.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Life Assurance.
• Company pension.
• Product discounts.
• Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex retail card, dental cover and more!

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.