Customer Sales Assistant

Joining our friendly and hard working family as a Customer Sales Assistant, you’ll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into your branch; playing a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service and keeping colleagues and customers safe at all times.
What will I be doing?
No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:

• Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can help deliver the highest standards of service - the key thing is to be helpful and friendly, you will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis.


• You’ll handle requests, provide information on our products, prepare quotes and help each customer with their purchase, taking our sales from good to great.


• You'll also be responsible for ensuring the safe and correct movement of our products around the branch.


• Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures., What is a Store Assistant job? As a Store Assistant, you'll be the face of Toolstation, making a fantastic first impression, building long-lasting relationships and going above and beyond to mak, Taking ownership of your career development is important if you want to achieve professional success. It means taking responsibility for your own learning, growth, and development. Making intenti, There are some common misconceptions about sales jobs that can put candidates off applying. Often people think of demanding targets, cold calling and inflexible hours. However, at Travis Perkins, David Wade is a part-time Branch Manager at Travis Perkins Cambridge Kilmaine, having been with us for almost four years. In 2021 David became a father for the first time, which encouraged him, Our commercial function is at the forefront of everything we do, responsibly sourcing and buying the thousands of products and materials we sell within our branch networks and online, ensuring our cus


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  This is a key customer facing role, you just need the ability to provide great customer service, we can teach you the rest.

Does this sound like you?
We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to all of the characteristics below - they are in the DNA of all our fantastic Customer Sales Assistants. Are you:

• Someone that is highly adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.


• Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment.


• Someone that has a friendly and outgoing personality who is happy to communicate face to face with customers and build strong relationships
  
  Our businesses span the trade, home improvement and DIY markets and our aim is to offer the best for our employees, customers, suppliers and the communities around us which helps bring our strategy to life., Charlotte joined the Travis Perkins Group with no previous experience in the industry but has since gained a promotion and is now Assistant Manager at our Tool Hire branch in Hemel Hempstead, Since June 2022, David has been part-time in his role as Branch Manager and his 'new role as house-husband' (his words!)
  
  You’ll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits (which includes an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, group wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation). Plus we have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from airport parking to theme parks to eating out and cinemas. Our working hours also offer a great work life balance - most of our customers choose to enjoy their weekends and bank holidays which means you can too!

You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that's why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 leading businesses. We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.
We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.