Retail Sales Assistant

**Hours: 16**

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Salary:£10,155 with on target earnings of £15,000 (the amount you’ll potentially earn with your commission)**

**Location: Derry**

**Getting to us**:
If you ask anyone who works for Bensons what they love most about working here, it’s the people We want all our colleagues to feel like they’re getting out of the right side of the bed every morning

As a Sales Consultant in our **Derry** Store, your product knowledge and natural ability to engage with customers and advise them on Sleep wellnesswill help them find the right sleep products for their needs to give them a perfect night’s sleep every night with the help of our unique sleepPRO technology We’ll make sure that you’re fully trained and supported to do all this and to understand how we get things done in the right way - we want to set you up for success, so you can hit the ground running.

We want our stores to be somewhere our teams can be proud and to show off our products, so you and your colleagues will need to get stuck in, move product around, and keep the store clean and tidy so there are no monsters under the beds

Our customers come in when they’re free to shop, so we’re talking evenings, weekends and bank holidays, this is where you’ll have the opportunity to experience our fantastic, uncapped commission structure, so it’ll be essential for you to be available to take those opportunities. We understand that you have a life outside the shop floor, so we’ll ensure that you get some days, back - but there’s also overtime if you want it.

What we’re dreaming of seeing:
We’re looking for Sales Consultants who take pride in great customer service, so you and your customers can rest easy in the knowledge that you’re driven to meet your targets in the best way - by giving them what they need for the best night’s sleep. This will take a ‘can do’ attitude, and the ability to adapt your approach to establish their needs and ensure that your service is the mint on the pillow of their shopping experience.

Ideally, you’ll have worked in a customer facing role previously and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.

The best sleep is when we feel comfortable

The cool side of the pillow (our benefits):
We know you’ll work hard to contribute your store’s performance, so as well as your base salary and OTE based on your target, there’s no upper limit to what you can earn beyond that. There’s also monthly store bonus potential when your store achieves its target In addition, we offer:

- Health and Wellbeing:*Medicash
- cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services, Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Financial: Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness, *Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
- Discounts:*Employee discounts for Bensons products,*Gym membership, Cycle to Work scheme
- Leave: Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you, *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave 
- Your Career: Learning and development programmes to expand your knowledge and skills, access to internal opportunities to progress your career at Bensons for Beds

(*qualifying periods apply)

What gets us up in the morning?

We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 180+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £10,158.72 per year

Expected hours: No less than 16 per week

Additional pay:

- Commission pay

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person