Yard Sales Assistant

Travis Perkins plc; Chesham Bois; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Yard Sales Assistant, where you will provide exceptional customer service in a dynamic environment. Enjoy opportunities for career development and a range of benefits, including competitive pay and a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Annual Bonus

Contributory Pension

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Sharesave Scheme

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Customer-facing role requiring excellent customer service skills.
• Physically active, comfortable lifting heavy materials.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of customer service.
• Process customer orders and maintain a tidy working environment.
• Unload deliveries and book them into the warehouse.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Physical Fitness

Adaptability

Motivation

Job description

Joining our friendly and hardworking family as a Yard Sales Assistant, you'll be on the front line dealing with our customers who come into our yard. As part of the branch team, you will play a vital role in our continued success by providing first-class service.

What will I be doing?

No two days are the same in TP branch life, but here are some key responsibilities:

1. Delivering high standards of customer service by being helpful and friendly at all times, building relationships with customers.
2. Working outdoors, processing customer orders, loading and unloading vehicles.
3. Unloading building products from supplier deliveries and accurately booking them into the branch warehouse.
4. Using a forklift is ideal, but full training will be provided.
5. Maintaining a tidy and safe working environment to ensure safety standards are upheld.

What skills do you need?

This is a customer-facing role. The key skill is providing great customer service. We can teach you the rest.

Does this sound like you?

We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to the following characteristics, which are in the DNA of all our Yard Sales Assistants:

1. Physically active, as the role involves lifting heavy building materials.
2. Friendly and outgoing, comfortable communicating face-to-face with customers.
3. Adaptable, resilient, and energetic with high motivation.
4. Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Being a Yard Sales Assistant at TP offers excellent opportunities for career development. New colleagues are encouraged to enroll in TP development schemes, supported by a personalized development plan aligned with our values.

You will also receive competitive pay + benefits, including an annual bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, and discounts across the Travis Perkins Group and other retailers. Our working hours promote a healthy work-life balance, with most weekends and bank holidays off.

Despite our size, Travis Perkins values a family-run business ethos combined with a forward-thinking mindset. We are proud to be one of the UK’s Top Employers annually since 2010, offering extensive career opportunities across our five leading businesses, operating from over 1400 outlets with more than 20,000 colleagues.

We are committed to becoming a truly inclusive employer, ensuring everyone feels safe, welcome, and confident to be their authentic selves.

You be you, it makes us, us.