Retail Assistant, Cultural Centre, part time temporary assignment 4 to 6 weeks initially, £13.85 per hour plus holiday accrual
Our client is a leading centre in the cultural and creative world, which aims to bring entertainment to all corners of the UK. They are looking for 2 Retail Assistants to start asap and for 4-6 weeks initially. They need one person to work 3 days (24 hours) per week and the other person work 4 days (32 hours) per week and the rota includes weekends and bank holidays. The hours are 12:00noon-8:00pm and you will be part of a lovely retail team.
Reporting to the Manager, responsibilities will include:
- Offering face to face customer service, ensuring high standards at all times
- Promoting and maximising sales through offering in depth product knowledge and proactive selling
- Helping with the management and stock replenishment of the shop, ensuring that shop displays are full and visually appealing - including cleaning and tidying displays
- Taking customer orders and maintaining the customer order system
- Processing and despatching online orders as required
- Assisting in maintaining the accuracy of the EPOS system by accurately processing stock at the point of sale, when completing customer returns, markdowns or price changes
- Ensuring that stock is stored safely and neatly
- Reconciliation of cash, cheques and credit/debit cards at the end of the day and running relevant reports
- Opening or Closing the shop when needed
- Promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion in all activities
- Acting in accordance with environmental sustainability plans and approach at all times
Experience
- Experience of working in Retail or similar environment
- A proactive and customer focused approach
- Experience of working with EPOS systems – they use Advanced Retail and training can be given
- Selling skills
- Experience of using Microsoft Office (M365) and databases