Customer Advisor - Argos

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Argos in Edinburgh is seeking a part-time Customer Advisor to unload deliveries, sort stock, pick orders for store collection and home delivery, and keep the stockroom safe, clean and organised while meeting daily targets in a fast-paced environment. The role rewards strong attention to detail, customer-facing confidence, flexibility across store duties, and a willingness to learn new digital tools. In return you’ll get a market-leading benefits package including discount cards, free food and drinks, generous holiday, pension matching, share schemes and wellbeing support. To apply, tailor your application to show proactive teamwork, reliability, and enthusiasm for customer service; apply early and check your eligibility to work in the UK.

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What you’ll be doing:

• Receiving and unloading deliveries safely and efficiently.
• Accurately checking, sorting, and putting stock away into the correct locations.
• Picking customer orders for both store collection and home delivery, ensuring high levels of accuracy.
• Packaging and labelling home delivery orders to company standards.
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and organised stockroom while following all health and safety procedures.
• Working as part of a fast-paced team to meet daily productivity and service targets.
• Supporting colleagues with other stockroom tasks as required to ensure the operation runs efficiently.

What makes a great Argos Colleague: 

• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers. 
• Comfortable talking to customers about our financial services when buying certain products
• Happy working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, and thrives in being part of a team
• Always prepared to work flexibly and productively to a high standard across the store when needed - you’ll be fully trained in a variety of skills, so you have opportunities to learn, develop and try new things 
• Embraces using new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly  
• Have great attention to detail, keeping the store clean and clutter free to create the best shopping experience for our customers 

Working for us has great rewards:

We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
• Free food and hot drinks - provided for Colleagues in all our stores
• Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work, plus maternity and paternity leave
• Pension – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more 
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

If you need an update on your application, you should contact the store that you have applied to. You can find contact details for all Argos stores here.

Working in our stores:

As one of the leading UK digital retailers, Argos provides our customers with inspiring choice and trusted value across a vast range of products with unforgettable ease. As a Customer Advisor, you’ll provide the very best  experience for our customers when they visit our stores to shop or collect their online orders.

Eligibility: 

• You must be above the school-leaver age in your country School leaving age - GOV.UK 
• You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK 
• Most roles are part-time working across a variety of shifts, including weekdays and weekends. Your hours will be scheduled to fit around your availability and may vary from week to week. 

An inclusive place to work and shop

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential, and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us.

To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face. 

We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here. 

As part our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader, all candidates will have the opportunity to be offered an interview through our online assessment which will prioritise those candidates who achieve the highest score and therefore most closely match the essential criteria for the role.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.

Sainsbury’s company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’.