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Customer Advisor

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B&Q

3d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Customer Relations
    Sales & Business Development
  • Reading

AI generated summary

  • You should be friendly, eager to learn, tech-savvy, a team player, and flexible to work weekends, evenings, and bank holidays while passionate about home improvement.
  • You will advise customers on home improvement projects, manage stock, set up displays, ensure store presentation, and provide excellent customer service while learning paint-mixing and timber cutting.

Requirements

  • Happy to help, eager to learn and just a little bit obsessed with home improvement, you’ll be right at home with us.
  • You’re friendly and outgoing, and you get a buzz from helping others.
  • You’ll be happy to expand your skills by using new technology and learning new ways of working.
  • You’re great at working in a team too, and flexible enough to work on a rota that includes weekends, evenings and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

  • Join our team, and you’ll become an expert advisor.
  • An inspiration as well as a guide.
  • The person who gets to know every customer and their home improvement projects.
  • Sales will be important, of course, as will things like managing stock, setting up displays, and making sure your store looks great.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to be trained in paint-mixing and cutting timber, but truly great customer service will be your main aim.

FAQs

What are the working hours for this Customer Advisor position?

The working hours are part-time at 15 hours per week, with shifts available Saturday to Sunday between 7am and 10pm.

Is this position temporary or permanent?

This is a 3-month fixed term contract.

What is the hourly rate for this position?

The UK Notional hourly rate is £13.02 per hour, which includes a store-specific location allowance of £0.81 per hour.

Where is the job based?

The job is based at B&Q Reading.

What are the key responsibilities of a Customer Advisor?

Key responsibilities include providing expert advice to customers, managing stock, setting up displays, and delivering excellent customer service. There may also be opportunities for training in paint-mixing and cutting timber.

What skills and experience are required for this role?

Candidates should be happy to help, eager to learn, friendly and outgoing, as well as able to work well in a team. Flexibility to work weekends, evenings, and bank holidays is also important.

What kind of support do you provide for diversity and inclusion?

B&Q is committed to making the company diverse and representative of the communities served, providing access to networks that support colleagues and allies, and ensuring everyone feels they belong and have equal opportunities.

What benefits do you offer to employees?

The benefits package includes a competitive salary, an award-winning pension scheme, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks of holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits, and generous breaks to ensure employees can perform at their best.

How can I request recruitment adjustments?

You can request recruitment adjustments by contacting recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for support during the application or interview process.

Retail & Consumer Goods
Industry
10,001+
Employees

Mission & Purpose

We are the UK’s leading home improvement and garden living retailer with over 300 stores throughout the UK and Ireland, offering great prices, with over 100,000 products available to order at diy.com for home delivery or click and collect. We launched the UK’s first home improvement marketplace in March 2022, adding additional choice for consumers. The marketplace offers a unique, integrated experience with in-store returns for many products and Click + Collect options being explored. Our team of more than 26,000 colleagues of all ages are respected nationwide for providing great home improvement help to customers. They’re the beating heart of B&Q and their iconic orange aprons are worn with pride. Every year, more than 20 million people improve their homes and make life better with B&Q, and every year the company achieves ever-higher standards for sustainable sourcing and supports our local communities, including funding B&Q Foundation grants and Shelter’s DIY Skills Advisors