Seasonal Evening Sales Assistant

Exeter, South West England, United Kingdom Dunelm Overview

Pay -

16-17 - £8.00 per hour.

18+ - £12.71 per hour.

This is a seasonal position lasting until 13 February 2027.

Your local storeis looking for a minimum 8hrs per week Evening Sales Assistant. You will need to be fully flexible over the course of the week.

Here at Dunelm, our Sales Assistants are our foundations; a wonderful team of people right at the heart of our stores. With customer focus the number one priority, our Sales Assistants are the first point of call for lending a helping hand and are always interacting with customers, ensuring they leave with exactly what they want and a positive lasting impression so they will return again and again.

What you'll be doing

The role involves being trained in all aspects of customer facing store life:

• Tills - Serving customers with purchases or returns and taking care to check that all items are complete and that fragile items are packed securely so they get to their new homes safely.
• Shop floor - Assisting our customers to find the products they are looking for and providing an excellent memorable service to create and maintain, customer loyalty and a genuine love for our products and people.
• Hosting - If a customer can't find what they're looking for on our shelves, you will use our successful iPad systems to order products to be delivered to the customers homes. You will be trained to provide a fantastic Made To Measure service creating orders of bespoke curtain and blinds to our customers specifications. You will be styling our departments such as the super popular bedding displays to inspire and allow our customers the chance to feel fabrics and ensure they take the perfect items home.
• Stock and Delivery - A physical role with some heavy lifting involved. This is not solely warehouse based and is a customer facing role. You will be focusing on merchandising, updating price changes, recovering the stores after a busy day making it lovely and tidy, taking in deliveries, checking stock control, ordering and carrying out shop-floor replenishment whilst always remembering our customers' needs along the way.

What we'll look for in you

• Our colleagues work together to support and encourage each other in order to help create a fantastic work environment that feels like home.
• We'd love you to be confident and feel empowered in your role whilst having a sociable nature and excited at the prospect of working in an ever-growing retail environment to provide memorable customer experiences.
• You will love helping your colleagues across the store and always contribute to your team by reporting successfully to your team leaders and store management team regularly.

D&I statement

Dunelm is committed to becoming an inclusive business that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, religion, disability, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education. We are committed to making Dunelm a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms.

Our commitment to you

Accessibility allows everyone to have an equitable chance when applying and showing off their potential, which helps us create a more inclusive and diverse team that brings fresh ideas and perspectives.

Should you need it, we have an accessibility tool available in the top menu to support you when you're completing your application. If you require any other reasonable adjustments during the application and assessment process, reach out to your recruitment partner.

Work your way

We have adapted our ways of working to make sure everyone can feel at home, wherever they work. For most roles, we offer flexible working options. In our stores, they include opportunities to work on a part-time basis, seasonal contracts, or adjusted hours to accommodate the important things in your life outside work

Wellbeing is more than just a buzzword here

From our Wellbeing Buddies and Mental Health First Aid training to our progressive parental leave, menopause policies and Colleague Support Fund, we're committed to supporting our colleagues in every area - and at every stage - of their lives. Through our partnership with the Retail Trust, everyone at Dunelm has free access to a 24/7 Virtual GP, as well as therapy and counselling, plus information, guidance and advice in all areas of financial, emotional and physical wellbeing.

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Taking opportunities

Meet Amanda, our Chief Stores and People Director, who shares how she feels empowered to take opportunities every day, why Dunelm is her happy place, and why it's a really exciting time to join us.

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At Dunelm, we love every aspect of the design process. We're continually researching new developments in packaging, materials and production methods, tapping into new data insights and keeping track of changing lifestyle trends. We're hugely collaborative in the way we work. Together, the teams here have a direct impact on our success, creating amazing products that drive sales and delight our customers, as well as providing direction for our wide and varied range of brands.

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Where you'll
be working

Here is where you'll be based, whether that's an office, or store or one of our sites.

Avocet Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7JF