Customer Service Assistant (Food Retail) - Post Office

December 3, 2024

We’re looking for a Customer Service Assistant to join our team at One Stop, a subsidiary of Tesco. As a Customer Service Assistant, you will be working in a fast paced retail environment where no day is the same.

You will plays an important role in the day-to-day operations of our store activities by providing excellent customer service, stocking shelves, processing payments and helping maintain the store’s appearance.

As the customer is at the heart of everything we do, you will be constantly looking for ways to improve service in your store through on the job coaching and feedback.

With your guidance, your store will always remain a safe place to work and shop.
I know my customers and serving them with passion and pride, giving great natural service.
I actively encourage customers to give feedback on their shopping trip through completing the ‘have your say’ survey.
I work across all areas of the store including, online, the tills, replenishment, vending and stock routines to ensure tasks are completed to meet the needs of our customers.
Putting into practice the training I have received to ensure we work all work safely.

Taking part in seasonal, community and charity events, creating a great inclusive atmosphere.
Being knowledgeable about my stores performance, understanding the part I play and what we need to do together to deliver profit.
Being myself, living our values, making everyone feel welcome and always following our policies.
Ensuring I clock in and out at the start and end of my shift to ensure I am paid accurately for the hours I work.
I keep myself, my colleagues and customers safe by following the security procedures and wearing safety equipment where available.
I always follow the think 25 policy when serving age restricted products to all customers.

Responding quickly to assistance calls or interventions on self-service checkouts, explaining what you are doing to the customer.
At certain times I may be responsible for running the shift in the absence of my Shift Leader and Store Manager.
I ensure I follow all the training I have received in order to keep the myself, others and the store safe and legal.

If this store has a Post Office Local, Your duties will include the day to day operations of the post office therefore you will be required to undertake a Post Office Financial and criminal conviction background check, which you will be required to pass in order to proceed with this role, if these checks fail, we will be forced to withdraw the job offer.’

Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.
One Stop Stores Limited is a retail convenience business with over 1,000 company and franchise neighbourhood stores across Great Britain. The majority of our stores are open seven days a week from 7am to 10pm and offer local communities an impressive range of fresh and chilled food, cupboard essentials, lunchtime meal deals, frozen food, household essentials, snacks and treats and beers, wines and spirits.

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Whether it’s popping in for a quick snack or grabbing ingredients for an evening meal, One Stop has everything its customers’ need.
In addition to One Stop’s comprehensive product range, many of our stores offer services to enhance the shopping experience, including free cash machines, Post Office, Evri Parcelshop, PayPoint (for bill payments and mobile top-up), lottery, as well as vending solutions such as Costa Coffee and Tango Ice Blast.
One Stop is a subsidiary of Tesco which acquired the stores in 2003. We operate as a separate business from our Head Office, also known as Store Support Centre in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands and we service our stores from 3 distribution centres in Brownhills, Nursling (Hampshire) and Wakefield (West Yorkshire).

With our stores situated throughout England and Wales, there’s sure to be One Stop near where you live or work.
We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Level 2 and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
One Stop will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please click here

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
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