Job Description
Retail Operations Assistant
The hourly rate for this role is £11.44
Joining us as a Retail Operations Assistant is a great opportunity, whether it’s your first job and you’re looking to gain some valuable experience, or you have experience with retail and you’re looking for a new challenge.
Whilst this is a temporary contract, there could be the potential for a permanent role later depending on the opportunities in your local area, so it could be the start of a new career with us.
About the role
Christmas in Boots is our most exciting time of the year, and it can be very busy, so we’ll provide you with all the training and support you need to help you be at your best.
You will work in a Boots store and report into the Assistant or Store Manager and your role would be to pick and pack our boots.com customer orders, work in our back shop, run our stock room and support with deliveries and stock management.
You will also:
* Process online customer boots.com orders to a high standard using a handheld device.
* Prepare online customer boots.com orders for customers to collect from store or home delivery.
* Obtain the relevant information and locate the required stock from the stockroom and salesfloor to pack and dispatch online orders.
* Support the store’s daily operational activities including stocking shelves and general housekeeping.
* Work as a team to solve any issues and meet daily targets.
What you’ll need to have
Full training is provided for this role, but these are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role:
* Enjoy following process and working at pace.
* Enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team.
* Communicate and listen effectively.
* Comfortable learning about and using new technology, including handheld mobile devices to process online orders.
It would be great if you also have
These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match this additional criteria:
* Experience in a retail or warehouse environment.
* Familiar with the products Boots sells so you can quickly identify them to pack online boots.com orders.
Our benefits
* Generous employee discounts.
* Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
Why Boots
At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.
What’s next?
If your application is successful, we will be in contact with you to attend an in-store interview within the next 14 days.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process.
If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Need To Know
We are now recruiting Operations Assistants for our Maidstone, King Street store.
We are looking for candidates to start with us from October onwards. We have a variety of shifts available, working between the hours of 8:30am and 5:30pm which may include weekends.
Available shift patterns:
8.30 - 17.30 : 5 days a week one of those being a Saturday or Sunday.
Please note that due to the anticipated volume of applications expected for this vacancy, we will close the advert when we have met our requirements.
Business Area
Retail
Function
Christmas
Keywords
Retail, Stores, Customer Service, Store, Sales, Retail Sales, Cash Handling, Stock, Seasonal, Christmas, Temporary, Counter Sales, picking, packaging, distribution, operations, assistant
Hours per week
37.5
Company
UK Stores
Division
16 - United Kingdom
Region
8 - South
Area
174 - North and West Kent
Store
941 - MAIDSTONE
County
Kent
Country
UK
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