Customer Assistant - Foods - Fort William

Marks and Spencer; Fort William; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Summary

Purpose
To deliver a great shopping experience for our customers, we are looking for colleagues who put customers before tasks every time whilst championing and promoting our brilliant products. As the face of the business, you will be the voice of our customers helping us to continually improve.

Customer Assistant - Foods - Fort William

Contract Start Date: 13/04/25
Contract End Date: 30/08/25
Contracted Hours: 8
Working Pattern:
Tuesday 17:45-21:45
Saturday 17:45-21:45

Interview Information

Please only continue on to book an interview slot if you are able to fulfil the entire working pattern as advertised online, as days/hours cannot be reduced or changed due to the store demand.

Interview slots are allocated on a first come, first served basis - whilst we make every effort to interview as many candidates as possible for our roles, due to the high number of applications we receive, it is not always possible to guarantee an interview slot will be bookable.

Key Accountabilities

1. Serve our customers efficiently, both on the shop floor and at service points.
2. Keep the store clean and tidy, ensuring that our shelves are always stocked with product.
3. Monitor and deliver on the daily sales targets, priorities, promotions and selling opportunities.
4. Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs, make recommendations and deliver remarkable service throughout their visit to store.
5. Build expert product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services.
6. We'll give you the training to utilise all digital tools and communication channels to deliver for the customer every time.

Key Capabilities

1. High levels of customer service.
2. Committed to delivering excellent work with great attention to detail.
3. Open to and acts upon feedback, asking for this regularly.
4. Takes accountability for planning and managing own workload efficiently.
5. Strong communication skills.
6. Adaptable to changing situations.
7. Builds positive relationships by being a good listener.
8. Good level of digital capability.

Everyone's Welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That's why we're revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There's never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.