Joining our friendly and hardworking family as a Yard Sales Assistant, you’ll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into our yard. As part of the branch team, you will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service.
What will I be doing?
* Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers, so it’s essential that you can help deliver the highest standards of service — be helpful and friendly at all times. You will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis.
* You will be based outside, processing customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
* You will unload building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them in the branch warehouse.
* Experience of using a forklift is ideal, but full training is provided.
* Safety is at the forefront of everything we do; your aim is to maintain a tidy and safe working environment.
What skills do you need?
This is a key customer-facing role. You need the ability to provide great customer service; we can teach you the rest.
Does this sound like you?
We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to all of the characteristics below — they are in the DNA of all our fantastic Yard Sales Assistants. Are you:
* Physically active, as this role is located outside and involves lifting heavy building materials
* Friendly and outgoing, happy to communicate face to face with customers and build strong relationships
* Adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive
* Thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
Being a Yard Sales Assistant gives you a fantastic opportunity to excel and continue to develop your career. As a new colleague you will be encouraged to enroll onto a TP development scheme, available to colleagues and managers at all levels of our business. You will receive a development plan that embraces our values.
You’ll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits (including an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, and group-wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group). We also offer online discounts at leading retailers and a work-life balance that suits our customers’ needs.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer extensive career opportunities across our leading businesses and operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide with over 20,000 colleagues. We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.
You be you, it makes us, us.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Sales and Business Development
* Industries
* Wholesale Building Materials
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