Sales Assistant

Sales Assistant - Bicester Store - Base salary of £19,760 with the potential to earn up to £25,000 with On Target Earnings - You will build rapport with our customers and help them to choose the best products for their needs, if your passionate about people & giving great customer service, read on!About Bensons for Beds

We''re Bensons for Beds! We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission

The Role - Sales Consultant

(In other businesses, this could be known as a ''Sales Assistant'', ''Sales Advisor'', ''Sales Executive'', ''Retail Assistant'', ''Team Member'')

We are currently looking for a Sales Consultant to join our team. You would play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision, being a key player in moving our business forward, with your natural ability to engage, inspire and offer advice to our customers to ensure they choose the bed that suits them best!

Your role as a Sales Consultant will involve:

• Using your natural ability to build rapport with our customers to advise them on Sleep wellness .
• Using our unique sleepPRO technology to ensure they choose the right mattress for them, giving them a perfect night s sleep every night.
• Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required order paperwork and credit agreements (full training provided).

Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer an outstanding in-store experience, we will give you extensive product training, and ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed, progress and build your perfect career!

It should be noted that due to the nature of our products, the role will involve you and your colleagues moving product around in store and some cleaning tasks will be necessary to ensure the store and our products are in the best possible condition for our customers.

Our busiest times tend to be when our customers are free to come in and visit the store, which includes evenings (up to 8pm), weekends and bank holiday weekends, so there would be an expectation for you to cover some of these busy times as part of your working week.

Skills needed

We are looking for Sales Consultants with pride, passion and a positive ''can do attitude, devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience. Driven to achieve your sales targets. You will enjoy engaging with customers and can adapt your approach as appropriate to build rapport and establish their needs.

Ideally you will have worked in a customer facing role previously and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.

Our Benefits!

In return for your contribution to the store s performance, we offer a base salary of £19,760 p.a. plus uncapped individual commission (paid monthly on top of your salary) once your minimum sales target is achieved.

On target earnings c. £25,000 based on your target, but there is no upper limit to what you can earn beyond that!

In addition to that we offer you all these extra benefits:

• Monthly store bonus potential when your store achieves its target
• Employee discount scheme for Bensons products