Customer Assistant - Travel Money - Derby Derbion

Marks & Spencer Plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail company is seeking a dedicated individual for a role focused on delivering exceptional customer service in Travel Money. The ideal candidate will excel in building relationships, leveraging digital tools, and maintaining high operational standards. Responsibilities include serving customers efficiently, completing store tasks, and contributing to team success. A positive attitude and adaptability are essential. If you are committed to excellence and customer satisfaction, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service and delivering excellent service standards.
• Ability to work efficiently in a team and independently.
• Proficiency in using digital tools and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an exceptional customer experience across Travel Money services.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers.
• Complete tasks aligning with best practices in store operations.

Skills

Customer relationship building

Attention to detail

Digital tool utilization

Adaptability

Communication

Job description

Work Pattern

Week 1

• Monday: 11:45-18:00
• Tuesday: 08:30-14:45
• Thursday: 14:15-20:00
• Saturday: 13:45-19:00

Week 2

• Sunday: 10:00-17:00
• Monday: 11:45-18:00
• Tuesday: 08:30-14:45
• Thursday: 14:15-20:00

Purpose

• To deliver a great experience for your customers across Travel Money and other services, putting customers before task every time
• Champion new ways of working within stores through an open mindset and positive attitude
• Complete tasks and processes that deliver ‘best in town’ standards
• Serve and sell across all Travel Money and other service channels brilliantly well
• Be the voice of our customer to help us continually improve

Key Accountabilities

• Demonstrate a genuine interest in your customers and build good relationships
• Serve our customers efficiently and brilliantly well
• Deliver ‘best in town’ standards through presentation standards, availability and keeping the store clean and tidy
• Skilled to utilise all digital tools and communication channels to do the job
• Share customer and colleague feedback to help us do things better
• Share Travel Money knowledge and experience with colleagues to support others in building skill and confidence
• Own your own learning & development and proactively access digital learning solutions
• Know the daily sales targets, priorities, promotions & selling opportunities
• Have great product knowledge to sell and recommend our products and services help our customers
• Proactively engage with customers to understand their needs and make recommendations
• Understand the store priorities and the part you play
• Complete all Travel Money tasks with pace, accuracy and in line with procedures
• Follow safe, legal and financial crime working practices

Key Capabilities

• Understands how M&S operates, it’s strategy, future and the role they play
• Committed to delivering excellent work fast with great attention to detail
• Open to and acts on feedback, asking for this regularly
• Sets performance objectives for self in conjunction with line manager and in line with business plans
• Takes accountability for planning and managing own work efficiently to ensure objectives are met
• Is curious and asks questions to challenge the status quo – ask why the company does things the way it does things and suggests improvements
• Effective at communicating; ensures communication is clear and simple
• In control of their own reactions and considers how to share their perspective to create better reaction for team
• Copes well with change and work challenges, recovering quickly from its impact
• Builds positive relationships by being a good listener and getting to know people by establishing a connection

Technical Skills/ Experience

• Contributing to store profitability
• Work to get things done right first time within timescales
• Comprehensive knowledge of Travel Money channels
• Good level of product knowledge and other services
• Up to date knowledge of the commercial operation and brilliant basics
• Good level of digital capability and use of digital tools and applications
• Understand customer needs and spot selling opportunities to delight
• Adapting to change
• Flexible and able to learn quickly

Key Relationships and Stakeholders

• Customers
• Colleagues
• Store Leadership
• M&S Bank Travel Money support team
• BIG

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.