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Retail Assistant at Primark
As a Retail Assistant, you make sure customers have an amazing shopping experience. You help them with sizes, styles, and purchases while keeping the store neat and organized. At the checkout, you provide fast and friendly service and handle returns and cancellations. You’ll also receive and check new deliveries, place products on the shop floor, and ensure everything is correctly priced and meets our high standards.
Do you recognize yourself in this? Join us as a Retail Assistant and become part of our team!
What we offer:
You are at the heart of everything we do. We provide the right environment for you to grow and use your talents. Our benefits are designed with you in mind:
- A competitive salary (conditions PC 311)
- Meal vouchers
- A permanent staff discount of 15%
- A friendly and ambitious team where your input and creativity are valued
- Access to our Digital Learning Platform with various training and courses
- And above all, an incredibly cool international work environment!
What you do as a Retail Assistant:
As a Retail Assistant, you make people happy every day. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
- You give customers a great experience by helping with sizes, styles, purchases, or returns
- You keep the shop floor tidy with full shelves, neat fitting rooms, and the latest fashion. You also keep the stockroom organized
- You provide a fast, friendly, and efficient checkout experience and handle requests, cancellations, and returns
- You receive new deliveries, unpack and check them. You place products on the shop floor, make sure they’re priced correctly, and meet our high standards
What we ask from you:
- You enjoy working with people and creating positive experiences
- You’re honest, a strong communicator who listens, shares ideas, and steps in when needed
- You have good organizational skills and attention to detail
- You’re a highly motivated team player with a positive attitude and willingness to learn
- You’re interested in fashion and the latest trends
- Ideally, you have some experience working in a busy retail environment
Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all, and neither is our culture. At Primark, we promote equal opportunities and strive to create an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can be themselves, have opportunities, and grow together.
About Primark:
At Primark, people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a business with over £9 billion in revenue, more than 80,000 colleagues, and over 440 stores in 17 countries.
Our strong values are the foundation of everything we do. At our core, we are Caring, always putting people first. We are Dynamic, pushing boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.
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