Part Time Retail Sales Assistant - Postmark Victoria Train Station London, England
Job description
We're on the look out for 2 enthusiastic and confident team members to work at our new store in busy Victoria Station.
Offering contracts up to 16 hours a week. Both these roles involve working on a Sunday and other days in the week, so we're looking for flexible staff who can work morning or evening shifts on Sunday and two other shifts in the week. There are also opportunities to pick up additional shifts at our other station stores.
Full training will be provided instore so this is a great opportunity to develop your retail skills and enjoy the fast paced buzz of station life.
In return we offer an hourly rate of £11ph and a vibrant work environment.
Who are we? We're Postmark, an award-winning greeting card retailer, renowned for our selection of quality, design led greeting cards and beautiful stationery. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we thrive on providing top-notch customer service in inspiring retail surroundings.
We're a young, growing company with lots of opportunities for growth and we believe in investing time training and helping our staff to reach their full potential.
Please note - As this role may involve opening or closing the store and occasionally working alone you must be 18 years or older to apply for this position. We are sorry we cannot consider anyone younger at this time.
Routine Daily duties involve
- Greeting customers who enter the shop
- Merchandising and tidying at every opportunity to ensure the shop floor looks its best and has a great selection of cards, especially bestsellers, available.
- Assisting shoppers to find items they are looking for.
- Answering queries from customers.
- Replenishing stock
- Assisting with deliveries
- Processing payments
- Keeping the store tidy and clean by completing key daily and weekly tasks as set by your manager
- Pricing merchandise
- Closing and opening the shop as required
- Balancing cash registers with receipts if you are on a closing shift.
- Reporting any discrepancies and problems to your supervisor.
- Keeping up to date with special promotions and putting up displays
The personal skills that we look for at Postmark:
- A friendly and engaging personality.
- Confident working with members of the public.
- An approachable manner.
- Helpful and polite.
- Able to handle the fast paced environment in station sites
- An interest in cards and stationery and an ability to learn about all our products
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Smart appearance and articulate.
- Great English
- Solid Retail experience
- Experience of working in a busy station environment would be advantageous
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 8-16 per week
Salary: £11.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends only
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (required)
Language:
- English (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 20/05/2023
Reference ID: Victoria
Expected start date: 22/05/2023
