Retail Sales Assistant CV Example

Sales floor and till role in a 4,000 sq ft fashion store with a weekly sales target of around £38,000.

• Beat personal sales target in 9 of the last 12 months through styling suggestions and add-on accessories
• Sign up around 45 customers a month to the loyalty app, the highest in a team of 14
• Process cash and card payments, refunds and exchanges, with no till discrepancies in over 2 years
• Unpack and process 2 deliveries a week of up to 1,200 units, getting new stock onto the floor before opening
• Set up window and in-store displays for 4 seasonal launches a year, following head office layout guides
• Run the fitting rooms on Black Friday and in the Christmas peak, when footfall doubles, keeping queues moving and losses down
• Look after click and collect orders and online returns, keeping parcels ready within the 2-hour collection promise
• Trusted as a keyholder to open and close the store and cash up 3 days a week

Part-time role in a large supermarket while at college, working tills, shelf filling and the online orders team.

• Served up to 250 customers a shift on tills and supervised a bank of 8 self-checkouts
• Picked online grocery orders with 99% accuracy, against a store target of 97%
• Checked ID for age-restricted sales under Challenge 25 and passed every test purchase visit
• Rotated chilled stock and recorded waste, helping the dairy aisle cut waste by around 10%
• Helped set up and stock the seasonal aisle at Christmas and Easter