Yard Sales Assistant

Travis Perkins; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the building materials sector as a Yard Sales Assistant. You'll be essential in delivering outstanding customer service and maintaining a safe, tidy working environment while handling products. This role offers opportunities for career development, supportive training, and a competitive salary with various benefits for a balanced work-life experience.

Benefits

Annual colleague bonus

Contributory pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Sharesave scheme

Group-wide colleague discounts

Qualifications

• Ability to provide great customer service.
• Physically active; role involves lifting.
• Friendly and outgoing personality.
• Adaptable and resilient in dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highest standards of customer service.
• Process customer orders and maintain safety.
• Unload products and manage warehouse bookings.

Skills

Customer Service

Physical Stamina

Communication

Adaptability

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Joining our friendly and hardworking family as an 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 one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:

• Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers, so it’s essential that you help deliver the highest standards of service. The key is to be helpful and friendly at all times, and you will likely get to know our customers on a first-name basis.
• You will be based outside, processing customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
• You will also unload building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them into the branch warehouse.
• Experience of using a forklift is ideal, but full training is provided.
• Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. Your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, which means maintaining a tidy and safe working environment.

What skills do you need?

This is a key customer-facing role. You just need the ability to provide great customer service; we can teach you the rest. Does this sound like you? We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to all of the characteristics below — they are in the DNA of all our fantastic Yard Sales Assistants. Are you:

• Someone who is physically active, as this role is located outside and involves lifting heavy building materials.
• Someone with a friendly and outgoing personality, happy to communicate face-to-face with customers and build strong relationships.
• Someone who is adaptable, resilient, and tenacious, with high levels of energy and drive.
• Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Being a Yard Sales Assistant at TP offers a fantastic opportunity to excel and develop your career if you choose. As a new colleague, you will be encouraged to enroll in a TP development scheme available to colleagues and managers at all levels. We will support you with a development plan that embraces our values.

You’ll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits, which includes an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, and group-wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation). Additionally, we offer various online discounts at leading retailers, from airport parking to theme parks, dining out, and cinemas. Our working hours promote a great work-life balance — most of our customers enjoy weekends and bank holidays off, and you can too!