Sales Assistant

Overview

Come and join us as a results driven Sales Assistant on a flexible hours basis to deliver sales and exceed customer expectations as part of a hugely successful branch team.

As a Sales Assistant, you’ll be committed to delivering an outstanding level of service, and you’ll be professional, driven and enthusiastic. The Sales Assistant role is customer facing, providing the best service on our trade counter and over the phone, maximising sales at every opportunity.

You will be contracted to a set minimum number of hours per week, and you will be required to be flexible to work additional hours to deliver the best customer experience, especially during the peak trading winter heating season. Where possible, hours and shifts will be agreed with you with plenty of notice so that you know exactly what you are doing and when!

You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way.

• Supporting the Branch Manager and Assistant Branch Manager with achieving and exceeding sales targets at optimum margins.
• Ensuring we maintain high standards, creating and maintaining a loyal customer base and providing a first class service.
• Assisting with the general duties within the branch such as serving customers on the trade counter, telesales and ensuring the housekeeping standards are maintained both on the trade counter and warehousing.
• You may be required to take on general driving duties when required.

Ideally you’ll have previous experience of selling or assisting customers with purchases, ideally with knowledge of the products associated with our industry - although enthusiasm and a can‑do attitude is just as important!

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.