Job Description
Part-time Till Assistant Permanent
Working 3 days a week to include alternative Saturdays & Sundays
Saturday 8:30 - 5:00 and Sunday 9:00 - 4:00
About Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd
Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family. Both our Tiptree and Sudbury centres are surrounded by beautiful countryside, and we have exciting development plans for our Sudbury site. Our mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving our employees and customers, a reason to smile.
Rewards and Benefits
In addition to your hourly rate will receive the following benefits:
- Discount –From the start of your employment you will receive 10% discount, on specific items. Following a successful probation period, the discount increases up to 20% discount, on specific items and after one year’s service up to 40% discount, on specific items. (some exceptions apply)
- Paid holiday – holiday entitlement is 22 days per year, plus bank holidays. Restrictions apply (part-time pro rata)
- Annual Christmas bonus
- Part-uniform provided
- Employee Assistant Programme - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.
- Training & development, as required. We have an e-learning scheme called GROW, and also take part in other training with product suppliers and external trainers
- Company sick pay – following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata)
- Access to our Retail Discount Scheme – savings on retailers including Tesco, Pizza Express, M&S, Waitrose, Argos, Apple, Currys PC World, Thomas Cook and 100’s more
- Workplace pension
- Free parking
Key duties
- Operating computerised till and EPOS system
- Labeling and pricing
- Maintaining stock levels in selling areas and merchandising
- Helping customers with enquiries, finding products etc.
- Being friendly, polite and helpful to customers at all times
- Cleanliness of your area of work
Your capabilities
- You must like dealing with people, have good communication skills as well as being conscientious, enthusiastic and motivated
- Ability to bend and lift customer’s purchases to scan at till, and to pull/push trolleys and barrows
- Retail or customer service experience preferred but not essential as training will be given
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- A keen interest in plants and related products
If this Part time Till Assistant position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you then apply to us directly, we’d love to hear from you!
For further information and a full job description please visit the Perrywood website https://www.perrywood.co.uk/careers/
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 23 per week
Salary: £7.49-£10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
Supplemental pay types:
Application question(s):
- Due to our rural location and limited access to public transport, your own transport is preferred
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (required)
- customer service: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Part Time Till Assistant