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Customer Assistant - Operations - Burnley

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Entry level
As a Customer Assistant in Operations, you'll manage stock and deliveries, ensuring the store remains clean and well-stocked while providing excellent customer service.
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Work Pattern
Sunday 05:30-09:30
Monday 03:30-07:30
Thursday 03:30-7:30
Friday 03:30-07:30
Saturday 03:30-07:30

Under 18 disclaimer
This job role involves working early mornings and this means we can’t consider applications from anyone under the age of 18. This is to comply with the relevant health and safety legislation and to keep our colleagues safe in the workplace. 
Please note that the + £3.00 p/h unsocial premium is only added on any hours worked between 22:00-06:00.    

Join our team at M&S as a Customer Assistant in Operations, you’ll be the backstage powerhouse of our stores. It’s a physically demanding, high-intensity role that keeps our stores running like clockwork. If you’re ready to roll your sleeves up and work smart, this is the role for you. 

You’ll be responsible for stock, deliveries, and all the vital behind-the-scenes work that ensures our shop floor stays full, clean, and ready for our customers to shop. There’s no room for delay. You’ll be fast, focused, and always one step ahead, keeping the flow of products moving with urgency and accuracy.  

  • Flexibility is vital. You’ll work across the wider store where needed – always keeping up with the pace and demands of retail. 

  • Being digitally confident is essential. You’ll use digital tools confidently to track deliveries and manage stock efficiently, always focused on availability and speed. 

  • Being a team player is essential. You’ll be a key cog in a big machine, working across functions and supporting colleagues across the store. 

  • Flexibility is vital. From early morning deliveries to shifting stock late into the day, you’ll adapt quickly to keep things moving. 

This is a role for people who move with purpose. Are you ready for it? Take Your Marks and apply today. 

Purpose  

  • To deliver a great shopping experience for their customers, putting customers before task every time 
  • Champion new ways of working within stores through an open mindset and positive attitude 
  • Complete tasks and processes that deliver ‘best in town’ standards 
  • Serve and sell across all channels brilliantly well 
  • Be the voice of our customer to help us continually improve 
     

Key Accountabilities  

  • Serve our customers efficiently and brilliantly well – on the shop floor and at service points 
  • Deliver ‘best in town’ standards through presentation standards, availability and keeping the store clean and tidy 
  • Skilled to utilise all digital tools and communication channels to do the job 
  • Share customer and colleague feedback to help us do things better 
  • Share knowledge and experience with colleagues to support others in building skill and confidence 
  • Own their own learning & development and proactively access digital learning solutions 
  • Know the daily sales targets, priorities, promotions & selling opportunities 
  • Have great product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services 
  • Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs and make recommendations 
  • Understand the store priorities and their part to play 
  • Complete tasks with pace and in line with SOPs 
  • Minimise cost and waste through good process practice 
  • Follow safe and legal working practices 

 
Key Capabilities  

  • Understands how M&S operates, it’s strategy, future and the role they play  
  • Committed to delivering excellent work fast with great attention to detail 
  • Open to and acts on feedback, asking for this regularly 
  • Sets performance objectives for self in conjunction with line manager and in line with business plans 
  • Takes accountability for planning and managing own work efficiently to ensure objectives are met 
  • Is curious and asks questions to challenge the status quo – ask why the company does things the way it does things 
  • Effective at communicating their intentions to others; ensures communication is clear and simple 
  • In control of their own reactions and considers how to share their perspective to create better reaction for team 
  • Copes well with change and work challenges and recovers quickly from its impact 
  • Builds positive relationships by being a good listener and getting to know people by establishing a connection 
     

Technical Skills/ Experience  

  • Contributing to store sales and cost control 
  • Work across the store to get things done right first time within timescales 
  • Comprehensive knowledge of customer shopping channels 
  • Good level of product knowledge and services across the store 
  • Up to date knowledge of the commercial operation and brilliant basics 
  • Good level of digital capability and use of digital tools and applications 
  • Understand customer needs and spot selling opportunities 
  • Adapting to change 
  • Good Knowledge of VM principles 
     

Key Relationships and Stakeholders  

  • Customers 
  • Colleagues 
  • Store Leadership 
  • BIG

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. 

About Us
M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the 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 smart/flexible working. 
About the Team
Retail: The sweeping innovations we’re rolling out at M&S will define a new era of retail. And we want you to help us introduce them to our customers. There’s never been a more exciting time to join M&S!

We’ve embarked on a business transformation and are looking for people who are thrilled by the challenge of introducing innovative, new experiences to the retail world – and surprising every single customer with reasons to shop in our stores and online - day in, day out. 

By embracing our digital tools to enhance the customer experience and remaining adaptable – both to the needs of our customers and our retail business – you’ll live and breathe our approach to sales and service and will ensure every time is just as special as the next.

Top Skills

Digital Tools
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Marks and Spencer London, England Office

Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Rd, London, United Kingdom, W2 1NW

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