Sales Assistant
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Position Overview & Specifications
This is an amazing opportunity to join a great team and receive outstanding training and career development for someone who has good customer service skills.
We have immediate interview availability, so please send your CV without delay for you best career move!
Sales Assistant
Engaging with customers throughout the day, offering them a range of services and solutions to meet their needs. Building long term and useful relationships with our customer community, you are an integral part of the running of a store.
Key responsibilities:
- Serving customers and discussing various products whilst determining the customer’s needs
- Completing all transactional paperwork (paper and electronic)
- Building valuable and long term relationships with customers
- Processing Pawnbroking Loans
- Selling/buying Foreign Currency
- Retail Jewellery Sales
- Western Union Transactions
- Buying & Negotiating Gold & Silver
- Cashing Third Party Cheques
- Generating New Business
- Social Media Marketing/ecommerce
Skills required:
- Customer service/retail sales experience
- Good understanding of Maths
- Cross Selling Skills
- Able to use own initiative
- People Skills
The person:
- Must have excellent communication skills
- Friendly and engaging demeanour
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Proactive approach
- Personable and approachable
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 28 per week
Salary: £6.83-£9.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Experience:
- Retail sales: 2 years (preferred)
- customer service: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: PLB02
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Sales Assistant roles across Penny Lane Pawnbrokers's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £7 - £10 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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