Retail Salesperson - Balclutha (Part-Time)

Farmlands; Balclutha; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading farming co-operative in Balclutha as a Retail team member, working 14 hours weekly. Your role involves sales and customer service for agricultural products. Enjoy benefits like sick leave from day one, paid birthday leave, and training access. Ideal for those with farming and retail experience aiming to grow their career.

Benefits

Sick leave from Day 1

Paid birthday leave

Staff discounts

Paid parental leave for primary carers

Qualifications

• Background in the farming sector preferred.
• Experience in retail sales or customer service.
• Sound computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide retail sales and customer service to shareholders.
• Advise customers on agricultural products.
• Complete administrative tasks including stock management.

Skills

Customer service

Retail sales

Good communication

Physical fitness

Tools

Point of Sale (POS) System

Job description

Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity

We're looking for someone to join the team at our Balclutha store working 14 hours per week, preferablyMondays and Saturdays.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing retail sales and customer service to our shareholders.
• Advising customers on a range of sheep and beef, dry stock and general agricultural products.
• Operating a point of sale (POS) system.
• Completing administrative tasks such as ordering and receipting of stock.
• Restocking and displaying our products.

Mōhou ake | About you

• A background in the farming sector.
• You can engage and talk to anyone.
• You have retail sales or customer service skills and experience.
• You have sound computer skills.
• You're physically fit as there will be lifting and manual handling tasks.

Bonus Points for:

• A forklift licence.
• A first aid licence.

Mō ngā painga | About the benefits

You'll be rewarded with:

• Sick leave from Day 1.
• Paid birthday leave.
• Access to training through our online library, The Greenhouse.
• Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores.
• Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners.
• Additional support for parents - 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks' paid partner's leave.

Te Tono | How to apply

Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands.

Mō matou | About us

At Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa, our vision is to be the ‘go-to for everyone connected to our land’. We’re always backing Kiwi’s – rain or shine, year in, year out. We work as one – we help each other, we win together. We’re rural people supporting our rural communities looking after our land and our people.

As New Zealand's largest farming co-operative, we have over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff. In addition to our strong core retail business, we have a well-established shareholder card network with operations in feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, to name a few.

Joining our team gives you the chance to contribute to a Kiwi-owned brand. We offer autonomy in a collaborative fast-paced environment where we truly value ‘Minds Open’, ‘Be-ing You’, and ‘See-ing it Through’.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Please note that the successful candidate will have to go through pre-employment checks before starting with us at Farmlands. These will include two references from your two most recent managers, a Ministry of Justice Check, proof of your right to work in New Zealand, a driver’s licence check and an ACC background check. For certain roles a drug and alcohol test, credit check and AML check may be required.