Showroom Sales Advisor, Temporary

**Job reference**

TCC000594

**Date posted**

23/06/2025

**Application closing date**

07/07/2025

**Location**

Canterbury

**Salary**

£11,793.60

**Package**

great benefits

**Contractual hours**

18

**Basis**

Temporary

**Job category/type**

Retail Showrooms

**Showroom Sales Advisor, temporary**:
**Job description**
- We are seeking a colleague to provide a premium customer service experience for 18 hours per week. This will include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
- This is a temporary position, which we expect to last for approximately 6 months.
- Our Sales Advisors' maximise sales and consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience.- Responsible for connecting with our customers, using your natural ability to understand and interpret their individual preferences and needs, you will be guiding them to the furnishings that they are going to enjoy and love for many years
- Our stores are open 7 days a week and so it's important that you'll have flexibility to work during the week and at weekends also.

**So, what will I be doing?**
- Typically, your responsibilities will include:

- Providing a welcoming, helpful and personalised customer experience by being knowledgeable about products and interested in furnishings
- Driving profitable sales through effective selling techniques, being able to respond to customer queries on price, features and benefits of our products
- Identifying customer needs and use product-knowledge to spot potential cross-selling and upselling opportunities
- Ensuring the showroom is merchandised in accordance with the agreed layout plan and always presented to a high standard, including cleaning when necessary
- Processing customer sales and payments accurately
- Supporting colleagues and working together as a team
- Maintaining the stockroom
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to the needs of the Showroom.
- Being a Brand Ambassador for The Cotswold Company

**OK, I'm interested... But is it really the job for me?**
- To be a Showroom Sales Advisor for the Cotswold Company, you should have:

- Previous experience in a customer-facing. retail position
- A genuine interest in furnishings and design
- A passion for our brand
- Commitment to help shape our business
- Self-motivated and commercially driven to reach KPIs and sales targets
- Lots of enthusiasm and the curiosity to ask questions and learn
- Resilience and adaptable to change
- A want to find better ways to do things
- A commitment to always providing excellent customer service
- Proven communication skills to build rapport and engagement with colleagues and customers
- Good motivation and time management skills
- The ability to write and present information

**What else will you receive from us?**
- 25 days holiday per year + public holidays (pro-rated for part-time colleagues)
- Company pension
- Death in Service benefit
- Medical Insurance
- Private Healthcare
- Great discounts on our products - 50% personal and 25% for family & friends
- One paid volunteering day per year
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Health & Wellbeing guidance and support
- Your birthday day-off
- And lots of other great things

**Who are we?**
- Over 25 years ago, we opened our first showroom at Bourton-on-the-Water in the heart of the Cotswolds. This very special patch of rural England taught us the importance of creating timeless, understated furniture and accessories that bring homes to life.
- We live by our company values of
- Happiest together
- Always authentic
- Passion for progress
- Inspiring others
- Constantly caring
- We pride ourselves on the quality of our products and customer experience, powered by our passionate people. We’re growing rapidly and are looking for great people to help us realise our big ambitions. If you are passionate about what you do, want to work for a dynamic and ambitious company, can provide all of the above and more, then we would love to hear from you.
- We genuinely care about our teams and continually strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where we celebrate our differences, and our people can truly be themselves and feel like they belong. Our team’s wellbeing is our priority, and we pledge to live by our value of ‘Constantly Caring’ by looking after each other, being approachable and attentive to each other’s needs and provide a space where everyone feels safe to ask for help and support and receives kindness and understanding in return. _
- Applicants should already possess the appropriate Right to Work in the UK as The Cotswold Company does not offer sponsorships.
- For more company information, follow the link