Job description
We are looking to hire an experienced bakery and store retail assistant to work with our existing team and baking staff.
Responsibilities:
The retail assistant’s responsibilities include:
- Ensuring a high level of customer service experience when serving our customers in store
- Using the till and card machines for taking payments
- Taking orders over the telephone for orders of our products and services including specialist cakes and buffets
- Discarding stale or spoiled bakery items and markdown goods nearing their expiration dates
- Working with a high degree of cleanliness and a high standard of food handling to ensure that we continue to attain our food hygiene certificates
- Working in line with health and safety requirements
- Maintaining shop store condition and visual merchandising standards
- Stocking and strategically arranging bakery items in display cases to encourage customer purchases
- Inspecting bakery items to ensure that established standards on quality, uniformity and aesthetic appeal are met
- Cashing up and locking the store at the end of the shift
- Resolving customer complaints in a professional manner
Qualifications/experience:
- Experience in retail work is essential
- GSCEs/A or AS standard is advantageous
- A food safety and hygiene certificate is also advantageous
- The ability to demonstrate flexibility
- Effective teamwork and communication skills
- Exceptional customer service skills
- IT skills e.g. experience with a laptop/tablet using Apple/Microsoft software and use of till.
Salary:
- National Minimum Wage
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 16 per week
Salary: £10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Baglan: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Have you worked in high volume, fast paced retail environment?
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/05/2023
Reference ID: 230401