UPDATE: ALL POSITIONS NOW FILLED. 

Trevena Cross is a family-owned business, providing a huge range of fantastic products. We have a large indoor and outdoor plant area, sundries department and giftware. We are now looking to grow our team…

Retail Assistant

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join a friendly and hard-working workforce here at Trevena Cross. This is a seasonal position but could potentially lead to a permanent position. We are offering a part-time position covering three days a week (Sunday-Tuesday). There may be additional days to cover i.e. holidays etc. The hours are from 9am-4.30pm on Sunday and 9am-5pm Monday and Tuesday, with one hour unpaid (half hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks).

The Role:
• Serving customers in an efficient and friendly manner
• Unpacking, organising and pricing stock
• Merchandising duties, creating attractive, innovative, and inviting shop displays
• First line telephone contact, speaking to customers/suppliers and channelling queries to the appropriate department
• Supporting the Garden Centre Manager and the rest of the team with ad hoc duties as required

Key Skills:
• Previous retail/merchandising experience required, preferably across a mixed product range
• Excellent people/customer service skills
• Work well under pressure and is a team player
• Good maths skills for handling cash/epos transactions
• Highly driven, keen to progress and make the role their own and help the business grow
• Be proactive and take own initiative and assist colleagues and customers to ensure smooth day to day running of the company
• Horticultural knowledge would be preferred but not essential

Benefits:
• The salary is attractive and negotiable dependent upon skills and experience
• This is an exciting opportunity to extend your existing plant knowledge whilst delivering the best service
• Working within a friendly team environment
• Staff discount
• Company pension

Junior Retail Assistant (Sunday)

We are also looking for a passionate candidate to assist our weekend team as Junior Retail Assistant. We are offering a part-time position working every Sunday. The hours are from 9am to 4.30pm with 45 minutes unpaid (half hour lunch and one 15-minute break) which will be staggered between the staff to ensure there is cover.

Duties Include:
· Serving customers in an efficient and timely manner
· Answering the phone directing customer queries where required, taking orders for delivery etc
· Unpacking, checking orders received, pricing and organising stock
· Reporting faulty/damaged goods to an appropriate work colleague
· Checking/updating retail prices to make sure they are correctly displayed and up to date
· Creating attractive, innovative and inviting shop displays
· Stock Control and stock rotation where required
· Keeping the shop areas clean and tidy and free from any potential hazards
· Supporting the Garden Centre Manager and the rest of the team with ad hoc duties as required
· Sweeping up in areas and ensuring all display areas are kept tidy

Benefits:
• The salary is attractive and negotiable dependent upon skills and experience
• This is an exciting opportunity to extend your existing plant knowledge whilst delivering the best service
• Working within a friendly team environment
• Staff discount

Outdoor Planteria Assistant (Saturday)

We are looking for a passionate candidate to assist our weekend team, as Junior Outdoor Planteria Assistant. We are offering a part-time position working every Saturday. The hours are from 9am to 5pm with one hour unpaid (half hour lunch and two 15-minute breaks) which will be staggered between the staff to ensure there is cover.

The Role:
• Assisting and advising customers around the garden centre
• Assisting customers with loading goods i.e. compost/pots etc
• Stock watering and feeding
• Stock rotation and maintenance
• Assisting with transportation of stock and removing dead stock and waste
• Unloading new stock, checking deliveries in against the delivery notes and distributing stock around garden centre for displaying
• General house keeping around the garden centre ensuring the grounds are kept tidy and free from hazards
• Assist in the shop with overflow of customers in an efficient and friendly manner
• Assist in shop with distribution of stock and displays
• Assisting nursery team as and when required
• Supporting the Garden Centre Manager, Owner and the rest of the team with ad hoc duties as required

Key Skills:
• Be proactive, take own initiative and assist colleagues and customers to ensure smooth day to day running of the company
• Fit & strong – this role is physical and may require heavy lifting
• Retail experience with a good knowledge of plants would be an advantage

Benefits:
• The salary is attractive and negotiable dependent upon skills and experience
• This is an exciting opportunity to extend your existing plant knowledge whilst delivering the best service
• Working within a friendly team environment
• Staff discount

If you would like to be considered for any of the above roles, please forward your C.V to [email protected]  Alternatively you can drop a copy in the shop, or post to Trevena Cross Nurseries, Breage, Helston, TR13 9ND.

If you have not heard anything from us 14 days after applying, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.