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Why The Works? We don't just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects them with a late family member's memory. You never know who someone will become. So, with your passion and our products, you will help ignite the spark within people, allowing them to unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories. The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you. Become a Retail Store Manager As a Retail Store Manager you'll be the captain of the shop floor, leading your team with energy and enthusiasm. Commercial success will be your mission, but you'll do it with a twist of creativity and a sprinkle of magic. You'll create unforgettable moments for our customers, leaving them with smiles on their faces and inspired to craft memories they'll cherish with our products! Through recruiting and nurturing your very own diverse team of Avengers, you'll support your team by helping them to grow and achieve their potential. But don't forget to have fun along the way it's in our DNA after all! We believe that a high performing team is a happy and engaged team. You'll spend a lot of time on the shop floor, working alongside your team, driving commerciality and setting the pace. You'll showcase an inspirational customer experience by creating moments that matter' with our customers. Your Mission Delight and inspire every customer by leading a team that offers an exceptional retail experience. With brilliant product knowledge and a touch of magic, you'll wow our customers with additional products and services. Create a store experience that's fun, friendly, accessible, and inclusive. You'll recruit team members who are full of potential, embodying our values and behaviours, to build a dream-team of retail superheroes. Collaboration is key! Join forces with fellow Retail Store Managers, Area and Regional teams, to share best practices and encourage continuous growth across the teams - we win together. Drive retail commerciality like a boss! Striving for fantastic sales and high performance across all KPI's. It's not all about numbers. Your store will shine with excellent standards and impeccable merchandising. From cleanliness to pricing, you'll make sure everything is picture-perfect. As a Retail Store Manager, you'll be on the front lines, shoulder-to-shoulder with your team, creating an environment that's always ready to welcome customers with open arms. A master of promotional change: You'll be the magician behind transforming our space to align with the Matrix (no, not the movie!), and the hottest seasonal trends. You'll be a merchandising master, effortlessly placing products in both planogrammed and non-planogrammed spaces. You'll soon be looking at a high SKU count like your best game of Tetris! Skills / Behaviours That Will Set You Apart Genuine and Authentic: Your positivity, creativity, and passion for our brand and products shine through. Talking to people is your superpower, and customers can't resist your helpful recommendations! Resilient Champion: You can handle the fast-paced retail environment like a boss, juggling busy days, heavy deliveries, and customers with ease. You're the ultimate multitasking hero! Stock Management Guru: You tackle the challenge of sorting, pricing, and merchandising deliveries like a pro! Embrace the boxes; they've got nothing on you! Being a Great Leader As a great leader with wonderful people skills, you'll create an environment that's more inclusive than just co-workers it's a team. Inspire and motivate your team in line with our employer brand, values, behaviours and purpose. Lead your team to reach their potential and steer your store to break records and get in the spotlight. Work collaboratively with support departments and peers. If something's not quite right, speak up so we can work together to get it right or make it better! - Nobody is too proud for constructive feedback so we all win together! But let's not forget about the most important part... your team's well-being and aspirations. You'll be their biggest supporter, cheering them on. You'll have amazing everyday conversations with your team, discussing everything from performance to career aspirations and helping them get there Our PERKS really are The Works' ?? 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days! ?? MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more! ?? Holiday 33 days, including bank holidays ?? Wagestream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them for when life' happens! ? Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you. ? Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works! ?? 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more! ?? Healthcare Cash Plan To support your everyday healthcare costs. ?? And loads more! Long service awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work scheme and optional charity giving. Our Purpose To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled. Our Values We are Crafty ? We are Caring ?? We are Can-do ?? We Listen. We Care Each year, we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know what's going great, and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place you've ever worked! You'll have opportunity to help give us that direction. Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments. At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disab
Customer Service Representative - Basingstoke Salary: From £23400-£23400 Customer Service Representative - Basingstoke Diligenta is a market leader in the Life and Pensions sector, providing outsourced administration services to many of the best known financial services companies in the UK. Our aim is to be acknowledged as the 'best in-class' platform-based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Summary of the role: Due to the growth of our company, we will be recruiting multiple Customer Service Representatives each month throughout the year. We are based in Basingstoke and we are well connected via local busses and trains. Our standard working hours are Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm, so no evening or weekend shifts that impact on your family and social lives! Flexible hours are available to suit your availability, work life balance and wellbeing. Salary for the role is £23,400. Benefits: We offer 31 days holiday (including bank holidays) Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme A contributory company pension scheme Excellent employee wellbeing and assistance support programmes A range of employee discounts saving you money on anything from your weekly food shop to holidays, electrical goods and financial services Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as with our global parent company, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) What you'll be doing: Our Customer Service Representatives could cover both voice to customer and back office administrative activities. There are no sales involved in this role. The focus will be on your ability to have conversations with customers in a confident, friendly and professional manner, informing members on policy details, resolving queries, collaborating with independent financial advisors and most importantly, providing our customers with an exceptional level of service at a time when they need it most. What we're looking for: Many of our Customer Service Representatives have previous experience from working in a call centre environment, retail, hospitality and travel, amongst other customer-focussed environments, part or full time. Teamwork - We believe that a great team needs great people who are passionate about helping people and providing great service as one team. Listening and communication skills are core to what we do. You will need to be able to communicate complex matters in a simple and supportive way. Someone who can quickly understand the customer need and place a real focus on resolving issues and queries effectively and empathetically. Good PC skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. word, excel) together with attention to detail are essential for these roles. About Diligenta: Here at Diligenta, we are proud to be the single largest provider of outsourced third party administration services to the UK Life & Pensions market and today we service 7 clients and their 18 Million customers ( nearly 1 in 4 of the UK population ). We impact peoples' lives every day, be it helping pay for a loved ones funeral or providing someone with their pension funds for a happy retirement. In fact, we pay out close to £1.3 Billion every month to customers we serve. Our vision is to be the 'Customer Experience Partner' for our clients and our strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the market by being a truly technology led business with the support of our parent TCS. We help our clients move away from aging technology systems onto our modern digital platform. We have been very successful in that way, more than tripling our business over the last 5 years. Our close to 10,000 strong workforce are everyday thinking about how they can improve our service. If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability or any other reason, please let us know.PandoLogic. Keywords: Customer Service Representative, Location: Basingstoke, ENG - RG22 6DD