Retail Assistant - Part Time (16 Hours Per Week)

Hancocks Cash & Carry Limited is part of the World of Sweets Group. We are currently looking for someone to join us on a Part Time (16 hours per week) basis at our Newcastle Cash & Carry Store (based in Chester-le-Street). This is a great opportunity if you are looking for Part Time hours to fit around your existing lifestyle.

Hours: 16 hours a week - shift pattern as follows:

• Mon & Tues - 1.00pm-5.00pm
• Thurs - 4.30pm-8.00pm
• Sun - 8.45am-1.15pm

At Hancocks we are passionate about meeting our customers' needs and working as a team to grow our business. If you're looking for an opportunity to make an impact in an ambitious company that has built its way up from humble beginnings, you could be the person we're looking to recruit for this interim period!

Key duties:

• Customer service for example building customer relationships in store, answering the telephone, using tills or resolving queries using IT systems
• Efficient stock management including replenishment, stock rotation, date checking, labelling and taking ownership of areas of the store and making it your own
• Picking stock for customer orders in a timely manner and getting them ready for collection or delivery
• Receiving deliveries and being able to check off delivery notes, both physically and using IT systems for goods in receipt
• Using initiative to carry out tasks as required but also working as part of a team

We're looking for individuals with:

• Experience within a retail, warehouse or customer service environment
• Cash handling / till / checkout experience
• Good organisation and communications skills
• Flexible approach to working hours and shift patterns
• Drive and determination to succeed in a fast paced environment
• A friendly and approachable person who can build customer relationships
• A person who isn't afraid of getting stuck in at busy times to meet customer demands

If you think you would be a good fit for our team and are looking for Part Time hours, please apply straight away!!

As an equal opportunities’ employer, World of Sweets is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join World of Sweets.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £11.44-£11.84 per hour

Expected hours: 16 per week

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• retail / wholesale / customer service: 1 year (preferred)
• cash handling / tills & checkouts: 1 year (preferred)
• stock handling / rotation / replenishment: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person