Retail Sales Assistant

Baynesthefamilybakers; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A bakery shop in Edinburgh is seeking a Retail Sales Assistant to work flexible hours between Monday and Sunday. Responsibilities include preparing and serving food products, maintaining displays, and processing payments. Ideal candidates will have food retail experience, great communication skills, and a positive attitude. You will receive competitive pay of up to £12.42 per hour, plus excellent benefits including colleague discounts and breaks with complimentary food and drinks.

Benefits

Colleague discount scheme up to 50%

Complimentary filled roll and hot drink during breaks

Retail discount scheme for immediate family

Qualifications

• Experience in food retailing or food to go.
• Ability to communicate well with customers.
• Experience with cash handling and electronic tills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve a range of bakery and food products.
• Maintain counter and window displays.
• Process customer payments and handle paperwork.
• Restock shelves with products.
• Answer customer queries and provide product advice.

Skills

Previous food retailing experience

Great communication skills

Cash handling experience

Positive attitude

Job description

Retail Sales Assistant - Currieshop

You will be given various shifts - which will change week to week and will include weekends (when rostered on), between 5am and 430pm - any 4days from 7.

16 hours per week (although additional hours may be available).

Up to £12.42 per hour plus an excellent benefits package (see below)*

Who we are.

Bayne’s the Family Bakers have a proud history serving local communities for over 70 years.

We use traditional baking methods to produce the finest, freshest, mouthwatering products which we only sell in our own Bakery Shops.

Our Purpose is to provide our customers with moments of joy which we achieve by demonstrating our 4 values of Customer Focus, Respect, Continuous Improvement & Sustainability.

What your key responsibilities are:

• Prepare and serve customers with a range of hot and cold bakery and food to go products.
• Set up and maintain counter and window displays in line with our guidelines.
• Deal with customer pre-orders and process payment and paperwork accordingly.
• Take payment for goods using electronic tills and processing by cash and card.
• Stock shelves with products.
• Answer queries from customers.
• Give advice and guidance on products to customers.
• Report discrepancies and problems to the management team.
• Cleaning of shop & facilities.

Ideally you will have:

• Previous food retailing experience / Food to Go.
• Great communication skills.
• A positive attitude, we’ll need you be resilient.
• Cash handling experience / working touch screen tills (don’t worry, we’ll teach you).

You will be required to be flexible with your hours, you will need to be available to work between Monday to Sunday any 4days from 7.

Please only apply if you can commit to this.

Benefits:

• Our Colleague discount Scheme, offering you up to 50% off products sold in our shops.
• A complimentary filled roll and hot drink to have during your break when working.
• Retail discount scheme allowing you and your immediate family to save money on the cost of living expenses.
• A full list of benefits can be found on our Bayne’s website.

At Bayne's the Family Bakers, we understand that our success hinges on the strength of our colleagues. That's why we're dedicated to cultivating an environment where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to the fair treatment of colleagues, potential colleagues and our customers regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental health or offending background.

* Please note an under 18 rate of £10.54 may apply.