B&Q Showroom Advisor Apprentice

Sales matter in this role, but your real focus will be the customer. You'll ask questions and explore possibilities to recommend the right finance, products, and installation options. You'll use software to produce inspirational designs that will bring customer projects to life. Coordinating multiple projects & supporting customers virtually and face to face, you'll take our customers on a journey from inspirational ideas through to delivery, helping to make their dreams a reality.

As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are. We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities.

Daily roles and responsibilities will include;

Customer -

- Actively approach your customers, engaging with them naturally

- Understand customer needs, provide appropriate solutions, and build lasting relationships with both retail and trade customers

- Actively promote company services such as finance, trade and installations to fulfil the customer project needs

- Create accurate designs that delight customers and turn enquiries into sales

- Turn negative customer situations into positive outcomes finding solutions for enquiries and aftersales resolutions

- Ensure all types of customer communications are dealt with professionally

- Encourage customer feedback share it with Managers and use it to improve service

Installations -

- Sign up company installers and support them to give the best service to our customers

- Using company systems to process the customers project from end to end for both supply and installation-based customers

- Support Showrooms Manager and Project Coordinator to deliver all aspects of the installations service

Systems and Procedures -

- Utilise all available tools, reports, and systems throughout the customer journey to maximise sales

- Ensure display area and Showroom environment meets operational standards and delivers a great customer experience

- Work with colleagues across the store to help and support them including sharing knowledge in your area of expertise to help drive sales

- Adhere to the policies, processes, and regulations relevant to your role and store ensuring these are implemented consistently

- Take personal responsibility for operating in a safe and legally compliant way

- You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a great range of benefits;

- UK Notional hourly rate £13.78 per hour

- An award-winning pension scheme

- ShareSave options

- 6.6 weeks holiday

- Employee Assistant Programme

- Shopping discounts

- Colleague wellbeing benefits

As a Customer Advisor, you will be working towards the Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Level 2, alongside your daily roles and responsiblities.

Depending on experience, there is also the opportunity to enrol onto the Customer Service Specialist Level 3 programme.