Sales Assistant

AkzoNobel Corporate; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading paints company in Gateshead is seeking a Sales Assistant / Driver to enhance customer experience in the store. You will engage with customers, manage deliveries, and support colleagues in achieving sales goals. This full-time role requires a valid driving license and proven customer service experience. The company offers competitive pay and development opportunities, along with various employee benefits including discounts, a pension scheme, and flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days holiday excluding bank holidays

Great Company pension

Staff discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Engage in monthly store meetings to improve team performance.
• Provide customers with informative and personalized service.
• Restock the shop floor following merchandising plans.
• Manage delivery routes and load the van accordingly.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Driving license

Job description

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792 we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Sales Assistant / Driver

Dulux Decorator Centre Gateshead

12.66 per hour & Sales-Based Bonus

Full time 40 hours per week

We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role even if you dont 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. You will carry out customer deliveries to homes and businesses too.

This is a full time 40 hr per week role and you need to be available to work shifts between 7am and 5pm Mon-Fri. You will also work some Saturday shifts (8am to 12pm) on a rotational basis with time off in lieu.

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 stores 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.
• Valid driving license.
• 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 Dulux Decorator Centres

We offer great personal development opportunities and roles with breadth depth of scope and impact. We also offer comprehensive packages including :

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays
• Great Company pension
• Income protection.
• Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centre stores.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Employee Life Assurance.

Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex retail card dental cover and more!

We have been inventing the future for more than two centuries and need people like you to be part of the team. Apply online via the link and we will get right back to you.

We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.

#LI-SH1

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 color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.

Requisition ID : 49852

Key Skills: Inventory Control,Basic Math,Paratransit,Tanker Experience,Van Driver,Box Truck Experience,Commercial Driving,Commercial Vehicle Experience,Delivery Driver Experience,Manual Transmission Experience,Driving,Heavy Lifting

Employment Type : Hourly

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1