Retail Apprentice

  • Company: United Carpets
  • Location: Wolverhampton, WV10 6HL
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
  • Sector: Retail and Commercial Enterprise
  • Ref: VAC-00173
  • Application Deadline Date: 28/07/2022
  • Start Date: 01/08/2022
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: 9:00 - 18:00 5 days out of 7 which will include weekends

Brief Description

United Carpets are looking for a hard-working individual to join their retail team to work within the Wolverhampton store.

Qualifications Required

Ideally GCSEs at grades A-C/9-4 (or equivalent) in English and maths, however all shortlisted applicants will be invited to the training centre to participate in a recruitment event where English and maths will be assessed.

Personal Qualities

Willing to learn
Keen and hard working
Confident
Ability to multi-task
Attention to detail
Polite
Friendly

Skills Required

Good maths and English skills
Strong organisational skills
Effective communication skills
Good computing skills and a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
Exceptional time keeping skills
Physically fit

Future Prospects

Full-time permanent role with the company

Vacancy Detail

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Deal directly with customers either by telephone, electronically or face to face
Respond promptly to customer enquiries
Handle and resolve customer complaints
Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle product and service enquiries
Provide pricing and delivery information
Perform customer verifications
Set up new customer accounts
Process orders, forms, applications and requests
Organise workflow to meet customer timeframes
Direct requests and unresolved issues to the designated resource
Manage customers' accounts
Keep records of customer interactions and transactions
Record details of enquiries, comments and complaints
Record details of actions taken
Prepare and distribute customer activity reports
Maintain customer databases
Help fulfil orders
There will be physical elements to this role when assisting with deliveries, so a strong back is important

Other Information

This role will involve a degree of heavy lifting so please consider this before applying.

This apprenticeship has expired