Branch Sales Advisor - Part Time in Hedge End

About The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity, working within a unique retail environment for a market leading business? Arco has a fantastic opportunity for a part time Branch Sales Advisor to join our team, working from our store in Hedge End. As a Branch Sales Advisor you will deliver high levels of customer service and actively drive sales activity, improving customer loyalty and growing Arco’s profitability.

The Branch Sales Advisor role is part time for 20 hours a week over 3 days. The days and hours of work are Wednesday 10:00 to 17:00, Thursday 09:00 to 17:00, and Friday 09:00 to 17:00.

Don’t worry if you don’t know much about the health and safety industry or personal protective equipment (PPE), as we’ll teach you all there is to know, and provide you with a platform to learn, develop and grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing high levels of customer service and building strong customer relationships
• Supporting with opening accounts, providing quotations and customer account management
• Driving sales through customer calling, leaflet distribution and other sales activity
• Managing cash in line with company policies and procedures including cashing up, processing refunds and supporting with banking collection
• Following merchandising principles, pricing, campaign set ups and ensuring product displays are well maintained
• Assisting with control of stock, processing deliveries, click and collect and actioning weekly stock counts
• Supporting Branch operations including stock preparation, stock management and restocking of customer sites where required
• Complying with and advocating for Health & Safety and Security at all times

Benefits

• A starting salary of £12.60 per hour plus bonus
• 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• Opportunity to purchase 5 additional days annual leave each calendar year (subject to qualifying salary)
• 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days (pro rata for part time) every year
• Excellent pension and Life Assurance scheme
• Huge range of high street retailer discounts via MyArco Perks
• Free 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our Learning Management System to support your personal and career development
• Long‑term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

About You

• Experience of working face to face with customers, preferably in a retail environment
• Experience of sales, either over the phone or face to face
• Strong IT skills – Microsoft Word, Excel etc. and the ability to learn new software
• UK driving licence is advantageous but not a necessity for this role

About Us

With a proud 140-year legacy, you’ll be part of something special when you join the UK’s leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, Arco’s size, scale and reputation are why we have such an impressive portfolio of satisfied customers.

It’s an exciting time for us, and whatever your role, you’ll play a part in Arco’s journey to become more profitable and sustainable. To drive a performance culture, we consistently invest in our people to ensure we push for shared success. We respect and value everyone’s unique skills, experience and ideas so you’ll have ample opportunity to help shape our future growth and be rewarded for delivering against our targets.

Diversity and Inclusion at Arco means understanding everyone’s views and giving colleagues a sense of belonging. We respect and value individuals for their unique skills, experiences and ideas to ensure we can be at our best. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment we will be an organisation able to drive our strategic goals, attracting and developing great people to be a more profitable and sustainable business for generations to come.

Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.