Sales Assistant

Job Title: Sales Assistant and Animal Carer

Location: Welwyn Garden City – Advantage would be to be a car driver as you will be required to travel to our other stores in Henlow and Hemel Hempstead on occasions – only mainly for holiday cover, specialist training and to support your colleagues

Salary: Up to £11 per hour depending on experience

An exciting position has arisen for a Sales Assistant and Animal Carer in this privately owned pet shop business where customer service is key.

The ideal candidate MUST have a minimum of around 2+ years’ experience in a shop / retail environment AND be able to drive.

The successful applicant must be flexible, enthusiastic, confident and able to multitask within a small team. High levels of personal drive and experience in customer service and the retail industry are essential.

Key skills used on a daily basis

• Customer interaction – Confidence when dealing with customers in-store, by email and by telephone
• Dealing with customer questions, queries and in some cases, complaints (to satisfactory resolution)
• A key eye for detail
• Promoting high levels of customer service to all of our customers
• Monitoring, maintaining and updating sales display areas to provide attractive sales spaces and help to build the image of the company
• Dealing with multiple types of transactions and types of payment (cash, card etc.)
• Ordering stock
• Ensure stock is checked in, uploaded on to the system and stored in the appropriate manner

Highly desirable but NOT essential

• Knowledge of pet shop products
• Previous experience of working with animals either in a pet shop, zoo or similar environment
• Qualifications in an animal welfare subject

Training will be provided in the following

• Completing the daily maintenance and health checks on all species of livestock
• Ensuring our high levels of cleanliness and animal welfare are met
• Animal enclosure maintenance
• Food preparation
• Animal health checks
• Maintaining stock levels, ensuring stock is available at all times

Applications are welcome via Indeed (click on “Apply with Indeed” above) OR feel free to post your CV to: The Manager, Animaltastic Pets, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4ER. There is no deadline for this position and will hold it open until we feel the most suitable applicants, with the correct level of animal retail experience becomes available. All applicants will require a wide variety of experience in order to meet the targets points above.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 40 per week

Salary: £8.00-£11.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3PP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• Retail sales: 2 years (preferred)
• Professional Animal Care: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: One location