Full Time, Permanent
Company Overview:
Gates Garden Centre, established in 1948, is a family-owned garden centre that prides itself on excellent customer service and high-quality products. With a rich history rooted in traditional values, we continue to cultivate a passion for gardening while offering a wide range of plants and gardening supplies.
Summary:
Gates is seeking a target driven, customer focused Seasonal Sales Assistant for its expanding outdoor living and Christmas department. We are heading towards the winter months when we launch our Christmas showrooms focusing on selling Christmas lighting and accessories and keeping the department looking its best.
This is an interesting and varied role in one of our largest departments, offering an inspirational range of outdoor living products from January to September, including garden furniture, barbecues and pizza ovens, outdoor lighting and heating, garden shade and decorative accessories.
Responsibilities – Christmas:
* Keeping shelves topped up, clean, tidy and priced
* Excellent product knowledge to assist customers with purchases
* Visible enthusiasm for the holiday season
Sales:
* Excellent product knowledge in order to maximise sales, give product advice and answer customer queries
* Ensure that sales targets are met and, where possible, exceeded
* Confident in approaching customers
* Provide customers with excellent levels of customer service
* Ensure customers have the best shopping experience
* Deal with customer complaints and enquiries, providing the best possible outcome
* Keep the store looking its best, ensuring stock is priced, clean and presentable at all times
Visual Merchandising:
* Attract, engage and motivate customers to make purchases through displaying stock.
About you:
* You will have previous retail experience, with a proven track record in sales
* Have a strong focus on and enjoy making sales and hitting targets
* A flexible team player, who is energetic, enthusiastic and dynamic
* Excellent customer service skills and a friendly personality
* Professional, responsible and well-presented
* Flexible with a can-do attitude
* Excellent time management skills
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* IT skills – Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
* The successful applicant will receive a competitive salary, working full-time including alternate weekends.
* Ability to commute to Oakham LE15 7QB
* Work authorisation: United Kingdom (required)
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Discounted food
* Free parking
* Store discount
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Weekend availability
* Expected hours: 45 per week
Location:
* Gates Garden Centre, Cold Overton, Oakham, LE15 7QB
* In person
To apply please send your CV to Clare at or call
For more information regarding positions currently available at Gates Garden Centre, please call in and ask at the tills or telephone us on for roles at our Oakham store, or for Woodlands Hinckley call us on