General Assistant

Musgrave; Newcastle; On-site; EUR 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Enhanced maternity pay

Paternity pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing incentives

Store discount card

Career progression opportunities

Company uniform

Extra discounts on days out and cinema

Job summary

Musgrave invites applications for a General Assistant role at Centra Newcastle in County Down. The position is full-time (37.5 hours) on a permanent contract, with shifts including days, evenings and weekends.

The successful candidate must be flexible to meet shift requirements and able to travel to the store by car or public transport to fulfil duties. The role focuses on delivering an exceptional shopping experience through customer service, merchandising and stock management, with

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or customer service preferred.
• Flexible to work days, evenings and weekends.
• Able to travel to store as required for shift requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers at manned or self-scan checkouts with excellent service.
• Merchandise, order, date-check and rotate stock in all store areas.
• Adhere to health and safety policies to protect customers and colleagues.
• Maintain high standard of work in all tasks.
• Assist with stock takes as required.

Skills

Customer service

Merchandising

Stock management

Teamwork

Job description

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family‑owned businesses with a 140‑year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one‑in‑three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.

We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We are now inviting applications for the position of General Assistant, Centra Newcastle, County Down.

The role is full time 37.5 hour, permanent contract. The successful candidate must be flexible to work days, evenings, and weekends.

This type of role will have an agreed shift pattern set within the store opening hours. Shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to discuss working hours and shift patterns in further detail at the interview. Candidates must be able to travel to the Store via car, public transport or other to fulfil shift requirements.

The Role

The role of a general assistant is to go above and beyond to provide an exceptional shopping experience for our customers, through merchandising stock and serving the public.

Responsibilities

• Serving customers via manned or self-scan checkouts, whilst providing excellent customer service.
• Merchandising, ordering, date checking and rotation of stock in all areas of the store including fresh, ambient, and frozen.
• Adhere to company and health and safety policy and procedures to protect yourself, customers, colleagues, and 3rd parties.
• Ensure a high standard of work in everything you do.
• Stock take preparation and counting, as and when required

What’s in it for you?

• A great place to work where colleagues are like family.
• Weekly paid
• Enhanced maternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Paternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Employee Assist Programme
• Wellbeing incentives
• Discount card for store shopping, for you and one nominated user
• Learning and development opportunities for career progression.
• Company uniform
• As well as extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.