Kitchen Sales & Planning Assistant

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IKEA Nottingham are looking to welcome Kitchen Sales & Planning Assistants to join our hardworking Sales team.

Are you passionate about transforming kitchens into culinary paradises? Do you excel at making customers feel at home? Join our team as a Kitchen Sales & Planning Assistant! You'll guide customers through kitchen solutions and help create their dream kitchens.

Ready to lift some pots and make sales magic? Apply now and let's create something amazing together.

WHAT WE OFFER

• The Start Date of employment will be: 1st March

• Competitive hourly rate of £12.60 per hour. 

• 30 hours weekly, working 5 days over 7 & working 3 out of 4 weekends per month.

The working hours are between 9am to 9:30pm

• We can discuss flexibility to match your life and our business needs during the interview.

• Due to health & safety you must be 18 years of age for this role.

• Kitchen school training up to 2 weeks. 

 

WORKING WITH US HAS ITS REWARDS  

 

Our co-workers bring unique ideas and talent to work every day, and we offer a variety of benefits that suit their and their family's everyday needs.  

 

• 15% IKEA discount & discount portal helping you save £100’s on High-street retailers. 

• Life Assurance of 4 times your pay, enhanced statutory pension contributions & interest free loans. 

• Given Day - Additional days’ paid leave to take at any point during the year, when it's important for you

• Free healthy meal option, salad bar, fruit, and hot/cold drinks

...as well so much more!

Click below for a full list of our benefits:

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WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE    

 

• Experience in kitchen planning is advantageous, although not required. 

• You are skilled at forward planning, can handle several tasks at once with ease, and take pleasure in being a team member as well as fulfilling responsibilities on your own.

• You have an interest in people’s life at home and look to provide customers with personalised solutions that meet their needs.

• You take initiative, make well-informed choices, and actively engage with your daily tasks.

• Confidence to take personal initiatives and be open to change, with the ability to both find solutions to complex problems and be able to communicate to the customer. 

• You have experience working in a customer oriented business, working closely with sales targets and customer conversion rates.

• Confident in learning and working with a variety of computer programmes including Microsoft Office suite and Kitchen Planning Tools.

• Competence in using phones and emails to follow up on our customers (no cold calling).

 

 

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY   

• Essential kitchen training for 2 months when joining at Nottingham IKEA, followed by external specialist training for 2 weeks.

• Planning & Designing k...