Trade Sales Assistant (Part Time - Penrose)

NZ Safety Blackwoods; Auckland; On-site; NZD 34,440 - 41,328; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly sales incentives

Staff discounts

Career opportunities

Job summary

A leading safety equipment provider in Auckland, New Zealand is seeking a Trade Sales Assistant to join their team at the Trade Centre in Penrose. This part-time role involves customer interaction, sales support, and stock management. The ideal candidate should have retail or sales experience, a friendly attitude, and strong communication skills. The position offers great staff discounts and career opportunities in a growing business.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in retail, sales and/or trade sector.
• Sales driven with a desire to exceed targets.
• Friendly personality with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to build long lasting relationships and solve problems.
• Physically able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of call for customers walking through the door.
• Interact with customers and present solutions.
• Provide world-class customer service.
• Upsell at every opportunity.
• Maintain accurate inventory and stock levels.

Skills

Customer service

Sales skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Tools

Point of Sales systems

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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 Penrose.

This is a part time role working Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 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

Benefits

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

NZ Safety Blackwoods promotes and adheres to the principles and practices of diversity. We are also very proud to be an official partner Mates In Construction Impact Premium.