sales assistant
Farnborough, GB, GU14 7LT
Important reminder: This job requires right to work in the UK.
As a Customer Experience Advisor you’ll be providing the best care for our customers, both in-store and online. To put it simply, the purpose . The most important part of your role is to ensure that all customers leave delighted with our products and your service.
What will you benefit from?
- Career progression - At Decathlon, you choose your own career path, whether you aspire to become our next customer service manager or our next CEO - your opportunities for progression are endless!
- Profit sharing scheme - We’re one big international family who exclusively shares the profit we make with our employees.
- We play sport together and have regular team socials!
- Quarterly bonus scheme
- Permanent contracts with fair pay - We don’t believe in zero-hour contracts.
- Cycle to work scheme - 25% discount on a bike of your choice.
- 30% staff discount on our Decathlon products.
Discover more of our company benefits here.
Your Responsibilities:
- Customer Service - Through your own passion for sport, you’ll share your tips and experiences with users and through our hands-on product training you will be able to give the best technical advice for the sports you are responsible for. Decathlon has shifted over the last year into an omnichannel business so it’s essential that our sales assistants are able to assist customers in all aspects of retail shopping, whether that’s in store or online!
- Merchandising - Whether full time or part time, every Sales Assistant is encouraged to take responsibility to autonomously manage stock levels and pricing and to provide a high level of merchandising so that each customer can easily find the right product for their sporting practice.
- Team Player - You will be part of a shop floor team of like-minded Sales Assistants, practicing sport and celebrating victories together, so it’s important that you are able to work well within a team environment as well as independently.
Sound good so far? If so, here's the type of person we're looking for…
Who Are You?
- Someone looking to combine a passion for sport with work.
- A people person who is prepared to go the extra mile.
- Someone looking for a retail career with a difference
- Problem solver with excellent communication skills.
- Able to play as part of the team during the busiest times (weekends and holidays).
As a Customer Service Advisor you will be required to work usual retail hours including evenings and weekends.
Decathlon is committed to inclusion and non-discrimination, and thus acts on a daily basis in favor of disability, a multi-generational workforce, social diversity, and equality between women and men. If, due to a disability, you require any special accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know. At Decathlon, first and foremost, we are recruiting personality and character.
