Maxi Zoo Ireland is Looking For Part-Time Sales Assistant (Ashbourne) at Ashbourne, County Meath Full Time

Maxi Zoo Ireland are driven by the desire to make the life of pets and pets owners simpler, better and happier. To achieve this, we work hard, accept responsibility and seek every opportunity to learn about pets and customers.

Maxi Zoo Ireland are currently recruiting for a Part Time Sales Assistant for our Ashbourne store. Applicants must be flexible across the 7 day week and need to be available to work mornings, evenings, weekends and national public holidays (Christmas period included).

The Role:

• All employees are expected to continuously learn and develop about pets, customers and the retailing industry.
• The successful candidate will provide a friendly, efficient and polite service by welcoming and approaching each customer
• The role will involve sharing your skills and knowledge with customers to ensure their pets are receiving the best possible care
• The candidate will become familiar with the customer’s needs and requirements through building a strong, trusting rapport.
• Each employee will ensure that he/she is familiar with all products and services on offer
• Responsibility for the store cleanliness will be shared among all team members
• The role of Retail Assistant will involve sales and targets with the pets needs at the forefront of everything we do. Maxi Zoo Ireland advocates responsible pet ownership and advises that a sale should be refused if it does not match the companies beliefs
• The employee will ensure that appropriate till and cash procedures is followed at all times
• The successful candidate will play an active role in his/her own career development

Why join us?

Advancement Opportunities – An opportunity to grow with Europe’s biggest pet retailer. At Maxi Zoo we believe in promoting from within as much as possible and developing our team to have a career path.

A chance to work in an environment where employees and customers share the same passion for animals

Continuous learning through our induction plan, e-learning academy, classroom training environment and development plans

Employee Discount – we offer employee discount of up to 40% in our stores!

The opportunity to earn an additional sales related monthly bonus

Paid sick leave

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Paid annual leave and bank holidays

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work Scheme

Refer a friend scheme

Maxi Zoo is an equal opportunities employer

Join our Competence club – A Detailed 18 month Career Path via our learning academy through a mix of e-learning/training sessions on animal and product knowledge to become a point of contact in our stores. The best thing is the journey doesn’t just stop here. A 10 month specialised program is available to become an Expert in our store.