About the Role
As a Sales Assistant, you are the face of our brand, creating moments that make customers smile. Your mission is to deliver exceptional service, spark conversations, and assist customers with their shopping needs, whether they are discovering new products or finding the perfect gift. You will proactively engage with customers, make recommendations, and help maintain the store's appearance and stock levels. This role is active and involves various store areas, including handling deliveries and moving stock. As a Keyholder, you will be responsible for opening and closing the store securely and supporting cash handling and store security.
Responsibilities
- Proactively approach and engage with customers, start friendly conversations to understand what they’re looking for, and make helpful recommendations from our product range.
- Deliver a friendly, knowledgeable and consistently amazing customer experience.
- Stay informed about our products, promotions and services.
- Maintain excellent store standards, including merchandising, cleanliness and stock replenishment.
- Operate tills accurately and handle transactions with care.
- Support with deliveries, stockroom organisation and product availability.
- Follow all operational procedures, including health and safety and loss prevention.
- Work collaboratively with your team to meet store targets and KPIs.
- Be a brilliant brand ambassador - positive, professional and passionate about what we do.
- Open and close the store safely and securely (as Keyholder).
- Complete cashing-up and other end-of-day procedures accurately (as Keyholder).
- Take responsibility for the smooth running of the store when a manager isn’t present (as Keyholder).
- Support colleagues and respond to customer or operational issues (as Keyholder).
- Follow store security, health and safety, and loss-prevention procedures (as Keyholder).
Requirements
- Willing and able to proactively approach customers, start friendly conversations, understand what they’re looking for and make helpful recommendations from our product range.
- Passionate about creating a brilliant customer experience.
- Supportive team player with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Reliable, punctual and able to work a variety of shifts.
- Comfortable learning to use tills and handle transactions accurately.
- Able to stay organised and contribute positively in a busy, fast-paced store environment.
- Aged 18 or over to be trained as a Keyholder.
Skills
- Customer service
- Sales
- Merchandising
- Stock replenishment
- Till operation
- Cash handling
- Teamwork
- Communication
Location
- In-store
Work Type
- 8 hour contract
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry level
Salary/Compensations
- Enhanced rate of pay for Keyholder responsibilities
Benefits
- 25% Colleague Discount
- Exclusive Double Discount days
- MyWorks - Exclusive online discounts
- Family Friendly Leave - Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- 28 days holiday including bank holidays (or 33 days for Deputy and Store Managers)
- Can-Do Academy - Training and development
- Stream - Early access to 50% of earned wages
- Share Scheme
- 24/7 support for you and your family - Employee Assistance Programme
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Long service awards
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Optional charity giving
About the Company
- We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.
- Our Purpose: To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.
- Our Values: We are Crafty, Caring, and Can-do.
Equal Opportunity
- Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Reasonable Adjustments.
- We have an inclusive culture where everyone can feel able to be themselves.
- Our roles are open to everyone, and we particularly welcome applications from people and communities that are under-represented in our business.
- We’re open to conversations about working hours and flexible working and, where possible, we’ll try to support this.
- If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process - or would like to discuss how you could carry out an essential part of the role - please let us know.
