Trade Sales Assistant (Part Time)

NZ Safety Blackwoods; Manawatū-Whanganui; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join the team at NZ Safety Blackwoods as a Trade Sales Assistant! This part-time role involves providing top-notch customer service at our Palmerston North Trade Centre, with opportunities for sales growth and teamwork. Ideal candidates are driven, friendly individuals with a passion for retail and customer service, ready to make a difference in our community.

Benefits

Quarterly sales incentives

On Site Parking

Great Career opportunities

No Sunday work involved

Qualifications

• Proven experience in retail, sales, or trade sector.
• Ability to build long-lasting relationships.
• Physically able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of call for customers.
• Provide world-class customer service and upsell.
• Maintain stock levels and assist with inventory management.

Skills

Customer service

Sales driven

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Point of Sale systems

Job description

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It’s an exciting time to join NZ Safety Blackwoods! We are looking for a Trade Sales Assistant to join our tight-knit team at our Trade Centre in Palmerston North.

Hours of work are Part time 8.5 hours per week (9:00am – 2:30pm Saturday), and specific times of work for the remaining 3 hours to be discussed at interview.

This isn’t your standard sales role! Its varied and fun! Other aspects of the role include storeman work, computer work and some manual handling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the first point of call for customers walking through the door
• Interact with customers, identifying their needs and presenting solutions across our wide range of products and services
• Customer service that grows sales and loyalty
• Provide world class customer service - Ensuring customers are always the number one priority
• Upsell at every opportunity
• Liaise with support teams including suppliers by phone, email etc to ensure customer requirements are met accurately and on time.
• Ability to assist, maintain and improve store presentation and visual merchandising standards and selection of products to sell
• Maintain stock levels on shelves ensuring appropriate stock rotation
• Handling, packing and dispatching inwards and outwards goods
• Assist with maintaining accurate inventory within the store

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Will have proven experience in a similar role within the retail, sales and/or trade sector
• Sales driven with a desire to exceed targets and be rewarded for high performance
• A friendly, outgoing personality with excellent communication skills,enthusiasm and a team player
• Be able to quickly build long lasting relationships
• A problem solver who is able to turn challenging situations into a win/win
• Will have a passion for customer service coupled with a ‘can do attitude’
• Will be physically able and thrive on working in a fast paced environment
• Have computer skills to process point of sales counter sales, use of outlook for emails etc

About Us:

AtNZ Safety Blackwoods, we are passionate about providing expert knowledge and solutions to our customers. We have a strong reputation as a market leader providing industrial solutions for apparel, footwear, safety, engineering, tools and packaging.

With Trade Centres across New Zealand, as well as a diverse sales team, digital platform and call centre, our goal is to make it safe, easy and efficient to do business whilst providing access to a vast product range covering all business needs.

NZ Safety Blackwoods is all about taking care – taking care of our customers, our community and each other.

• Quarterly sales incentives
• Work with a diverse business with a huge product range selling market leading brands
• On Site Parking
• Great Career opportunities in a long established successful NZ heritage business that is growing
• No Sunday work involved

Apply nowand tell us why it is you that we should be welcoming into theNZ Safety Blackwoodsfamily!

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Retail & Consumer Products 101-1,000 employees

As New Zealand's leading supplier of safety equipment, engineering supplies, uniforms and packaging. Nothing's more important to us than helping you get the job done. We'll take care of it!

With our vast product range, long history of servicing all sectors of New Zealand, and extensive portfolio of specialist and technical services, we deliver your safety, industrial and packaging services.

But our extensive expertise doesn't stop there. We offer a range of specialist training courses and resources to help your team stay safe.

Every day we help more people build a better New Zealand and get them home safely.

As New Zealand's leading supplier of safety equipment, engineering supplies, uniforms and packaging. Nothing's more important to us than helping you get the job done. We'll take care of it!

With our vast product range, long history of servicing all sectors of New Zealand, and extensive portfolio of specialist and technical services, we deliver your safety, industrial and packaging services.

But our extensive expertise doesn't stop there. We offer a range of specialist training courses and resources to help your team stay safe.

Every day we help more people build a better New Zealand and get them home safely.

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