Retail Assistant - Part Time

Multiple Part Time Retail Assistant Positions Available!

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Oban, Argyll and Bute.

We can offer a range of part time contracts with a variety of different shift patterns available.

Please note the following before applying to make sure that these opportunities are right for you:

• All positions will involve some weekend work.

Pay & Benefits

• Pay depends on age: £10.95 per hour for ages 16-20, £12.81 per hour for ages 21+.
• 6 weeks holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount in any of our 300+ shops on a range of food and household essentials.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• A staff benefits package including a virtual GP, discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

As a Retail Assistant you will:

• Make customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items they are looking for.
• Give fast and friendly service at the tills, offering help to pack, and leaving a good impression with a friendly thank you and goodbye.
• Handle stock with care while working deliveries, quickly placing products into freezers and onto shelves ready for purchase.
• Work with the team to complete daily and weekly routines that keep shops safe, clean, and tidy.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• Comfort with being busy and juggling multiple tasks such as deliveries, till service, customer assistance, cleaning, and stock rotation.
• Reliability, performing your best on each shift and not letting the team down.
• Flexibility with shifts; rota planned three weeks in advance and commitments outside work considered.
• Completion of an Employment Verification check if selected for the advertised position.

More than a job

Many people choose a part time role to earn money while studying or balancing family commitments. Those who stay can grow into a career at Farmfoods, with opportunities for training and promotion to shop and area manager positions.

A bit about us

Farmfoods is a family business that prides itself on offering customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops, and a friendly retail team. We focus on delivering an old fashioned, genuine, customer experience.