Yard Sales Assistant

Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction supplier is seeking a Yard Sales Assistant in Newcastle upon Tyne. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing excellent customer service, processing orders, and ensuring safety standards. Candidates should be friendly, physically active, and adaptable, with an emphasis on building strong relationships with customers. The position offers competitive pay and numerous benefits, alongside a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Annual colleague bonus

Contributory pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Sharesave scheme

Colleague discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience in customer service is preferred.
• Ability to lift heavy building materials and work outdoors.
• Friendly demeanor with strong relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service at the yard.
• Process customer orders and maintain safety standards.
• Load and unload vehicles and building products.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Physical fitness

Adaptability

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Joining our friendly and hard working family as an Yard Sales Assistant, you'll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into our yard. As part of the branch team, you will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a 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 can help deliver the highest standards of service - the key thing is to be helpful and friendly at all times, you will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis.
• You will be based outside, processing our customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
• You will also unload our building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them in the branch warehouse.
• Experience of using a forklift is ideal, but don't worry full training is provided.
• Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, this means maintaining a tidy and safe working environment.
• This is a key customer facing role, you just need the ability to provide great customer service, we can teach you the rest., Someone that is physically active, as this role is located outside, it will involve lifting heavy building materials.
• Someone that has a friendly and outgoing personality who is happy to communicate face to face with customers and build strong relationships.
• Someone that is adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
• Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that's why we have been voted one of the UK's Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 leading businesses. We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.
• You'll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits (which includes an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, group wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation). Plus we have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from airport parking to theme parks to eating out and cinemas. Our working hours also offer a great work life balance - most of our customers choose to enjoy their weekends and bank holidays which means you can too!