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Part-time
25 days holiday pro rata, Company pension, Income protection, Staff discount, Employee Assistance Programme, Employee Life Assurance
Posted 15d ago
~20 hrs/week
Responsibilities
You will provide a memorable customer experience to professionals and DIY enthusiasts while maximizing sales of AkzoNobel products. Additionally, you will be responsible for loading the van and performing customer deliveries to homes and businesses.
Requirements
Candidates must have proven experience in a customer service or retail role and possess a valid driving license. You should be well-organized, calm under pressure, and capable of working collaboratively within a team.
Full job description
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
Sales Assistant/ Driver
Dulux Decorator Centre, Reading RG2 0QX
Part Time, 20 hours per week
£13.18 per hour
We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed in the job description.
Part of the AkzoNobel family, Dulux Decorating Centres has over 240 nationwide stores and is the UK’s largest paint and decorating merchant. Our world-class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. At Dulux Decorating Centres, we pride ourselves on doing things differently, fostering your success with a remarkable benefits package and the training needed for career progression. Recognized as a Top 100 Employer with ‘Investors in People-Gold’ accreditation, we bring a huge range of services and products to decorating professionals and DIY enthusiasts across the country.
Job Purpose
You will play a key role in the success of your store by collaborating with instore colleagues and our UK Sales Team to provide a memorable customer experience to professionals & DIY enthusiasts. We will look to you to use your people skills to help maximize the sales and market share of AkzoNobel products and accessories in your store. You will carry out customer deliveries to homes and businesses too.
This is a part time, 20 hr per week role, with shifts being Tuesday 8am-5pm, Friday 7am-4pm and Saturday 8am-12 noon.
Job Responsibilities
Play an active part in engagement planning & monthly store meeting sessions.
Ensure customers receive a warm welcome, an informed conversation & personalized proposal.
Use our client service tools to ensure a consistent customer experience.
Support your store’s monthly customer contact plan.
Follow the merchandising plan to restock the shop floor
Load the van & plan delivery routes.
Develop your skills & encourage colleagues to do so using our training tools.
Job Requirements
Proven experience in a customer service/retail role.
Enjoys a collaborative working environment where supporting colleagues is key.
Valid driving license.
Calm under pressure.
What Makes You Stand Out
Excellent communication, customer service & interpersonal skills.
Well organized & with an eye for detail.
Enjoys ongoing coaching & support to advance career & build skills.
What do we Offer at Dulux Decorator Centres We offer great personal development opportunities and roles with breadth, depth of scope and impact. We also offer comprehensive packages including:
25 days holiday pro rata, excluding bank holidays.
Great Company pension
Income protection.
Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centre stores.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Employee Life Assurance.
Flexible benefits scheme offering benefits including Gymflex, retail card, dental cover and more!
We have been inventing the future for more than two centuries and need people like you to be part of the team. Apply online via the link and we will get right back to you.
We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
We’ve been coloring people’s lives and protecting what matters most since 1792. Let's Paint the Future together!
Industry
Chemical Manufacturing
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Noord Holland
LinkedIn followers
961,554
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
Offices: Christian Neefestraat 2, Amsterdam, Noord Holland 1077 WW, NL · Stoneygate Lane, Gateshead, England NE10 0EX, GB · Rijksstraatweg 31, Sassenheim, South Holland 2171 AJ, NL · 12900 Bay Park Rd, Pasadena, TX 77507, US · 20 Culvert St, Nashville, TN 37210, US
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