Customer Assistant - Fashion, Home & Beauty - Pantheon

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Marks & Spencer is hiring a part-time Customer Assistant for Fashion, Home & Beauty in the UK to deliver a leading in-store experience. The role combines 1 to 1 fittings and styling with bra fitting and beauty recommendations, alongside proactive selling. You’ll quickly build rapport, listen to customers, and tailor recommendations for in-store and online sales. Training will equip you with product knowledge and digital tools including the Sparks App. What matters most is outstanding customer service, attention to detail, clear communication, and a confident digital mindset, with flexibility across the week and at least one weekend day. To apply, highlight relevant retail or styling experience and demonstrate comfort with digital tools and hitting targets while delivering five star service.

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Work Pattern

Flexible across the week up until 11pm and atleast one weekend day availability

Join M&S as a Customer Assistant in our Fashion, Home & Beauty section, where you’ll play a vital customer-facing role in delivering a market leading customer experience.

We’re looking for fashion-forward, confident people who are passionate about helping customers feel their best, whether that’s through 1 to 1 fitting & styling in suits, offering a bra fit experience focused on fitting and flattering the customers body shape or a tailor-made beauty routine. You’ll be someone who knows how to build rapport quickly, listens to customer needs, and confidently recommends products to sell more both in-store and online.

At M&S, our customers don't wait. You’ll be operating in a high-demand environment, working with pace, no matter how busy the day gets.
Interest in product area is important,  experience or a qualification is beneficial but not essential  as we will help you build expert product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services  
You’ll create genuine 1 to 1 connection with customers through fitting appointments, giving style advice, consultations and tailoring your recommendations to their unique needs to deliver daily sales targets.
Efficiency and effectiveness are non-negotiable. You’ll be committed to delivering excellence in the service you give while balancing speed and accuracy, even when our stores are busy.
Being digitally confident is essential. You'll utilise our digital tools, such as the Sparks App and in-store devices, to provide a personalised five-star service.
If you’re ready to take the lead in delivering exceptional service and bringing the M&S style experience to life, this is your moment. Take Your Marks and apply today.

Purpose  

To deliver a great shopping experience for our customers, we are looking for colleagues who put customers before tasks every time whilst championing and promoting our brilliant products. As the face of the business, you will be the voice of our customers helping us to continually improve.   

Key Accountabilities  

·              Serve our customers efficiently, both on the shop floor and at service points  

·              Keep the store clean and tidy, ensuring that our shelves are always stocked with product 

·              Monitor and deliver on the daily sales targets, priorities, promotions and selling opportunities  

·              Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs, make recommendations and deliver remarkable service throughout their visit to store. 

·              Build expert product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services  

·              We’ll give you the training to utilise all digital tools and communication channels to deliver for the customer every time  

Key Capabilities  

·              High levels of customer service 

·              Committed to delivering excellent work with great attention to detail  

·              Open to and acts upon feedback, asking for this regularly  

·              Takes accountability for planning and managing own workload efficiently 

·              Strong communication skills 

·              Adaptable to changing situations 

·              Builds positive relationships by being a good listener 

·              Good level of digital capability 

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. 

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.