Retail Assistant - Checkouts

Woolworths Supermarkets; Oamaru; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts

Sonder support

Job summary

Woolworths Group in New Zealand is seeking a friendly checkout assistant to deliver efficient service, scan and pack orders, and ensure a positive shopping experience.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, handle cash with accuracy, follow store policies, and contribute to team goals while upholding safety standards.

Qualifications

• Customer service skills with friendly, approachable attitude.
• Ability to scan, pack, and handle cash accurately in a fast-paced store.
• Clear communication with customers and teammates in English.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient checkout service with accurate scanning and packing.
• Create positive customer interactions and resolve queries.
• Assist with cash handling and banking tasks.
• Maintain store standards and safety, including cleanliness and uniforms.
• Contribute ideas to improve the overall customer experience.

Skills

Exceptional Customer Service

Efficient & Accurate

Clear Communicator

Values-Driven Professional

Job description

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• Provide efficient, accurate, and friendly service during the checkout process.
• Ensure a positive and satisfying customer shopping experience.
• Operate in full alignment with company standards and policies.

Working with Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand | Te Mahi ki Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand

With over 185 stores and 20,000 team members across Aotearoa, we've made it our mission to make Kiwi lives a little better every day.

We're friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you'll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.

We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

What you'll do | Hei mahi

• Deliver Efficient Checkout Service: Accurately scan and pack orders, minimise wait times, and handle refunds courteously.
• Engage and Resolve Customer Needs: Create positive customer interactions, respond to queries, and escalated issues when necessary.
• Support Cash Management: Assist with cash office activities including banking, reconciliations, and investigating variances.
• Maintain Store Standards & Safety: Ensure store areas are clean, organised, uphold uniform standards, and prioritise safety protocols.
• Contribute to Service Improvement: Provide feedback and ideas to enhance the overall customer experience.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

• Exceptional Customer Service: You provide excellent customer service, always friendly, approachable, and helpful.
• Efficient & Accurate: You work quickly and accurately in fast-paced environments, with proficient cash handling skills.
• Clear Communicator: You communicate clearly and effectively with both customers and your team.
• Values-Driven Professional: You demonstrate integrity and align your behavior with company values, adhering to professional standards and policies.

What you'll experience | Ngā Huanga

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
• Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group| Ko Woolworths Tātou

We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.

Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, our customers and our communities, and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best self and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply, please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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