Sales Assistant
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Position Overview & Specifications
Our Sales Assistants always put our customers first by greeting and assisting them, providing the best in town service to our customers with a smile and helping to maintain excellent store standards. At the core of our stores, you will make our store environment welcoming and deliver our customers the best service and experience.
This role comes with the opportunity to complete a Retailer Level 2 Apprenticeship.
What Your Day Will Look LikeAs a Sales Assistant you will:
- Ensure excellent customer service is provided in every interaction with a customer ensuring you are friendly, welcoming and helpful
- Respond efficiently to till queues to ensure customer satisfaction at all times
- Process till transactions securely, quickly and accurately
- Deliver effective product availability, replenish stock as directed
- Work as part of the store team to create and maintain a fun and friendly environment
- Live the company values focussing on taking individual responsibility working towards team delivery
- Deliver accurate cash handling and till operational procedures
- Deliver store changes/promotions in a timely and precise way.
You will need to be flexible in the hours you can work. We may require you to work shifts.
We can offer you a range of benefits such as;- Discount Card β 10% discount on most purchases in-store, including PEP&CO
- Family-Friendly Benefits
- Loyal Service Awards
- My Staff Shop β exclusive discount portal
- Apprenticeships & Career Development
- Life Assurance Cover
- Health & Wellbeing β employee assistance programme to support you
- Holiday Allowance β increasing by one day per year (up to 33 days)
Want to join Our Land?
Poundland & Dealz is one of the UK's largest discount retailers, with around 900 stores serving over seven million customers a day across the UK and Ireland. Our vision is to 'create amazing value every day' for our customers.
At the heart of our business are our amazing 18,000 colleagues in our stores, distribution centres, and customer support centres based in Walsall and Watford. We have fun, and we work hard with passion going that extra mile to succeed. We work at pace, and we are highly resilient - #proudland.
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 (Β£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 Merchandise & Superstores
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Sales Assistant roles across Poundland'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 Merchandise & Superstores.
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 Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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