Casual Retail Assistant

At GSF Car Parts the role of a Casual Retail Assistant is all encompassing for our aim to deliver excellent Customer Service. You will play a crucial part of the team; contributing towards achieving branch and individual targets through face to face sales; servicing click and collect orders and developing sound customer relationships.

Main duties include:

• Serve trade and retail customers for click and collect and general orders whilst maximising sales where possible.
  
• Pick relevant parts from the warehouse to fulfil customer orders.
  
• Assisting the sales team on sales of product promotions by answering telephone queries and dealing with electronic queries as and when needed.
  
• Fully satisfy customer needs in respect of any part orders returns or queries they may have.
  
• Check customer returns for resale warranty or surcharge.
  
• Contribute to a positive team performance whilst working on personal benchmarks to optimise personal performance and work on sales of product promotions.
  
• Utilise the E-learning portal to develop product knowledge and improve performance.
  
• Ensure that the customer facing areas of the branch are kept clean and tidy.
  
• Develop strong working relationships with customers and understand their garage needs.
  
• Always promote a good image of the company by always representing our values and maintaining a professional appearance.
  
• Ensure that the customer facing areas of the branch are kept clean and tidy.
  
• Always working towards the achievement of relevant set KPIs.

Working hours:

Casual basis to cover sickness and annual leave. Will include weekend working.

About You

What youll need to succeed:

• Proven customer service or sales/retail experience within a customer facing role.
  
• Target driven and motivated to achieve results.
  
• Excellent customer service skills.
  
• Ability to adopt a positive approach to customer queries pro-actively seeking resolutions.
  
• Confident user of IT and computer systems.
  
• The ability to work well with others.
  
• Excellent attention to detail.
  
• Knowledge of car parts or the automotive industry would be advantageous but isnt essential.
  
• Knowledge of MAM Allicat MS Office is desirable.

About Us

GSF Car Parts is one of the UKs leading automotive parts distributors supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts tools garage equipment and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding 475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain marketing and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems which include our industry leading catalogue system Allicat and access to the Groups national garage programme Servicesure.

Required Experience:

Junior IC