At a Glance
- Tasks: Engage with customers, provide top-notch service, and maintain store standards.
- Company: Join HARIBO, Europe's leading sugar-confectionery brand, known for its vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Earn £13.10/hour, enjoy life insurance, a pension scheme, and sweet discounts!
- Other info: Flexible hours, great training, and potential for a colourful career ahead!
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team in a buzzing retail environment while spreading happiness.
- Qualifications: Previous retail experience is essential; cash handling skills are a plus.
10 - 15 hours per week - Flexible hours in line with the needs of the retail business. Monday - Sunday.
Welcome to HARIBO, Europe's largest and most successful sugar-confectionery brand! Our mission is to bring happiness to kids and grown-ups and we're looking for talented people to join our team to help us achieve this.
Gunwharf Quays Outlet is situated in the popular shopping and food & drink outlet, this store is very popular with local residents as well as shoppers and tourists from across the region. Our stores are often very busy with customers browsing their favourites as well as new discoveries. If you love the buzz of a busy store where you can engage with customers on the salesfloor and keep up with the fast selling stock, then this is the right role for you.
Our Sales Assistants are the heart of our retail stores, providing top quality customer service and delivering retail and operational excellence. We're all about focused teams, based on trust, independence and pragmatism. We strive to share our childlike happiness with all our colleagues and put quality at the heart of everything we do!
Working Hours: Your work pattern will be flexible to match the needs of the retail business. You will have advanced notice of your working rota in store. This is a FTC until 3rd Jan 2027.
Being part of the HARIBO family means:
- Competitive salary - £13.10/hour
- Life Insurance
- Pension scheme
- Supported induction and training period
- Colleague Discount on sweet treats!!
Our Mix that awaits you:
- Customer Service: Deliver the Haribo standards of customer service, greet customers as they enter the store, approach and engage customers; assist in their selection, applying product knowledge and making purchase recommendations, sampling activities in and out of store, process cash and card payments at the till.
- Retail Standards: Deliver the Haribo standards of retail excellence, ensure Haribo retail standards are maintained at the beginning and throughout the day, products are correctly replenished, displayed and priced, promotional items and offers are visible to customers and actively sold, undertake daily cleaning duties within the store.
- Operational Standards: Deliver the Haribo standards of operational excellence, stock is replenished, counted, rotated and recorded correctly. This includes our off site storage location and moving stock between the storage area and the store. The work is physical and includes movement of stock/deliveries (training provided for over 18s, under 18s can complete other tasks in store). Comply with company standards in Health & Safety, providing a safe environment for colleagues and customers, understand and comply with the requirements of the Environmental Management System (EMS) and the Environmental Permit as part of day to day activities, complete food hygiene and handling training, ensure all food hygiene processes are followed and records completed.
The Ingredients you bring with you:
- Previous retail experience is essential
- Online retail experience would also be beneficial
- Experience handling cash and processing card payments
- A desire to provide excellent customer service
- The ability to communicate well at all levels, being helpful and approachable
- Ability to work individually as well as part of a team
- Passion for HARIBO: our values, brand and customers!
Are you looking to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a dynamic team? It will only take 3-4 minutes to complete your application and you never know... this could be the start of a long and colourful career with us!
Sales Assistant, FTC - Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth employer: Haribo UK
HARIBO Castleford is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that celebrates innovation and creativity in packaging development. With generous benefits such as 36 days of leave, a competitive pension scheme, and a 20% discount in stores, employees are well-supported in their professional growth and personal well-being. Join us to be part of a team that values proactive contributions and fosters a sweet environment for career advancement in the FMCG sector.
