It’s an exciting time to join NZ Safety Blackwoods! We are looking for a Trade Sales Assistant to join our tight-knit team at our Trade Centre in Glenfield.
Hours of work are Full Time 40 hours per week (7:30 am to 5 pm Wednesday-Friday, as well as Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm).
This isn’t your standard sales role! Its varied and fun! Other aspects of the role include storeman work, computer work and some manual handling.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be the first point of call for customers walking through the door
- Interact with customers, identifying their needs and presenting solutions across our wide range of products and services
- Customer service that grows sales and loyalty
- Provide world class customer service - Ensuring customers are always the number one priority
- Upsell at every opportunity
- Liaise with support teams including suppliers by phone, email etc to ensure customer requirements are met accurately and on time.
- Ability to assist, maintain and improve store presentation and visual merchandising standards and selection of products to sell
- Maintain stock levels on shelves ensuring appropriate stock rotation
- Handling, packing and dispatching inwards and outwards goods
- Assist with maintaining accurate inventory within the store
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Will have proven experience in a similar role within the retail, sales and/or trade sector
- Sales driven with a desire to exceed targets and be rewarded for high performance
- A friendly, outgoing personality with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a team player
- Be able to quickly build long lasting relationships
- A problem solver who is able to turn challenging situations into a win/win
- Will have a passion for customer service coupled with a ‘can do attitude’
- Will be physically able and thrive on working in a fast paced environment
- Have computer skills to process point of sales counter sales, use of outlook for emails etc
About Us:
At NZ Safety Blackwoods, we are passionate about providing expert knowledge and solutions to our customers. We have a strong reputation as a market leader providing industrial solutions for apparel, footwear, safety, engineering, tools and packaging.
With Trade Centres across New Zealand, as well as a diverse sales team, digital platform and call centre, our goal is to make it safe, easy and efficient to do business whilst providing access to a vast product range covering all business needs.
NZ Safety Blackwoods is all about taking care – taking care of our customers, our community and each other.
Benefits:
- Quarterly sales incentives
- Work with a diverse business with a huge product range selling market leading brands
- Great staff discounts
- On Site Parking
- Great Career opportunities in a long-established successful NZ heritage business that is growing
We’d love to hear from you, apply now and share what makes you a great fit for the NZ Safety Blackwoods family! Want to learn more about who we are and what we do? Visit us here: https://nzsafetyblackwoods.co.nz/
NZ Safety Blackwoods promotes and adheres to the principles and practices of diversity. We are also very proud to be an official partner of Mates In Construction Impact Premium.
- Published on 08 Jul 2025, 9:25 PM