Sales Assistant Maternity Cover

Full Time Sales Assistant required to cover a 9 month term of maternity leave. You will be part of our small friendly team in our modern purpose built storage facility on Brookhill Way, Banbury.

Delivering excellent customer service and the highest store standards while maintaining sales growth.

Working within a small, friendly and dedicated team we will require you to be a team-player with great interpersonal skills and the ability to work alone as well with others. Being part of a tight-knit team, we actively encourage you to bring ideas forward where your ideas can have an immediate impact on the business and be fed back to Senior Management.

You will be provided with full training by experienced Self-Storage professionals who will guide you and give you industry specific knowledge. Whether you have prior knowledge of the sector or not we value a can-do attitude and your ability to utilise your skills in an exciting and dynamic sector.

This represents a fantastic opportunity. Self-storage is a new, vibrant and fast-growing market in the UK and you will be gaining skills in a unique industry. As well as being part of a rapidly expanding business.

KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE JOB:

To assist the Management Team in:

• Deliver store targets and objectives including occupancy levels, sales per sq ft, insurance income, merchandise sales and customer service.
• Ensure that you fully understand the Sales and Marketing brief and it is always adhered to.
• To ensure that you understand the Store Standard and adhere to it.
• To implement and adhere to all policies, procedures and routines, whilst making sure that all requests are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Maintaining at all times a clear focus on exceeding the customer’s expectations and increasing sales through a proactive attitude to marketing the store.

Working Hours

• The Store is open 7 days a week and in order to ensure we deliver a high customer service standard and the delivery of the key accountabilities there is some lone working needed.
• All key members of the team are expected to work 5 out of 7 days and at times the hours may fluctuate depending on rota structure.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £24,000 per anum.

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• On Site Parking
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Quarterly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Banbury: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Sales: 1 year (preferred)
• customer service: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: Brookhill Way

Reference ID: Temp Sales Assistant Magenta Banbury

Expected start date: 6/1/25

Job Type: Full-time Fixed Term

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months

Pay: £24,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme
• Quarterly bonus

Benefits:

• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 15/12/2024
Expected start date: 06/01/2025