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Agri Retail Sales/Yard Assistant
Reporting to: Store Manager
Location: Athlone
Business Sector: Agri
Overview
The position involves providing sales support to the store, ensuring that customers receive exceptional service at all times. The Sales and Yard Assistant will be responsible for maintaining the yard to a high standard, managing stock levels, and organising deliveries both in and out of the yard area. This includes manually loading products for customers and vendors, as well as using a forklift when necessary. Strong customer service skills and a solid understanding of the products available in the branch are essential for this role. Additionally, the position includes conducting stock takes of goods in the store and yard.
General Duties
Any duties associated with this role include, but are not limited to:
* Customer service - continually interface with and ensure that customers always receive high-quality service. Deal with customer queries efficiently and friendly, either in person or by telephone.
* Conduct sales transactions through to completion, including using the point-of-sale system and processing payments.
* Merchandising - ensure products are presented correctly both in store and in the yard.
* Receipt of deliveries.
* Store presentation; ensure that the store and yard are clean, tidy, and presentable to the public at all times. Maintain high standards of merchandising, pricing, and hygiene.
* Be flexible in all areas of the store.
Support Other Sites for Cover When Required
Loading of bags with goods approximately 20-25kg daily on site, including coal bags, feed bags, cement, etc.
Loading large bags/items such as fertilizer or concrete troughs, using forklift support.
Loading buckets (e.g., mineral lick buckets).
Loading drum barrels of 5L, 10L, 20L (e.g., oil drums, chemical drums).
Loading boxes of 5kg, 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, and 25kg.
Loading various goods in the Agri/hardware section, such as gates, pipes, drinkers, wheelbarrows.
Some lifts involve team lifts, two-man lifts, or machine-supported lifts.
Requirements
The ideal candidate must possess:
* Knowledge of agriculture.
* Ideally, experience in Agri/Retail sectors.
* Flexibility to work in all areas of the store and yard.
* Ability to drive a forklift with a valid license (desirable).
* High level of spoken and written English fluency.
Note: Responsibilities may evolve over time due to the nature of the business.
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Additional Information
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Sales and Business Development
* Industries: Retail
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