Driver​/Sales Assistant

Location: Stoke, GB

£13.18 per hour & Sales-Based Bonus
Part Time 16 hours per week

We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed in the job description.

You will play a key role in the success of your store by collaborating with in‑store colleagues and our UK Sales Team to provide a memorable customer experience to professionals & DIY enthusiasts. We will look to you to use your people skills to help maximize the sales and market share of Akzo Nobel products and accessories in your store. You will carry out customer deliveries to homes and businesses too.

This is a part‑time, 16hr per week role, working shifts between 7am and 5pm Monday‑Friday, and the occasional Saturday (8am–2pm) if required.

• Play an active part in engagement planning & monthly store meeting sessions.
• Ensure customers receive a warm welcome, an informed conversation & personalized proposal.
• Use our client service tools to ensure a consistent customer experience.
• Support your store’s monthly customer contact plan.
• Follow the merchandising plan to restock the shop floor.
• Load the van & plan delivery routes.
• Develop your skills & encourage colleagues to do so using our training tools.

• Proven experience in a customer service/retail role.
• Valid driving license.
• Enjoys a collaborative working environment where supporting colleagues is key.
• Calm under pressure.

• Excellent communication, customer service & interpersonal skills.
• Well organized & with an eye for detail.
• Enjoys ongoing coaching & support to advance career & build skills.

We offer great personal development opportunities and roles with breadth, depth of scope and impact. We also offer comprehensive packages including:

• Great Company pension
• Income protection.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Life Assurance.
• Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex, retail card, dental cover and more!

We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.

At Akzo Nobel, we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best selves. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our unconscious bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable.

In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.