Current Openings
Sales Assistant
Corcoran’s Furniture and Carpets are looking for experienced Sales Assistants for our Newcastle West store. We will consider applications on a full or part time basis.
We are looking for a candidate who has a passion for sales with an interest in furniture and or flooring, and also someone who can gain a clear understanding of what’s important to each customer so that you can advise them on what best suits their home. The candidate would need to have strong computer skills and have the ability to work on their own initative to ensure the store is maintained to a high standard. Our stores are open 7 days a week so the candidate would need to be able to work weekends where required.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Take an active part in the internal layout of the store to ensure the appropriate products are displayed, merchandised and labelled correctly.
- Helping customers select items and give them ideas for their home or business.
- Working as part of the team to achieve group goals and targets you will also be expected to achieve your own individual target.
- Ensuring standards for quality & customer service are met in line with Corcoran’s standards.
- Physically fit to move products around on shop floor.
- Liaise with other stores on stock movements transfers and clearance items.
Qualifications and Skills
- Customer service
- Good organizational skills
- Computer literate
- Cash handling
- Complaint handling
- Previous sales experience in a furniture & carpet company would be an advantage but not necessary.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Expected hours: 24 – 40 per week
Additional pay:
- Commission pay
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Wellness program
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekend availability
Experience:
- Sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 04/02/2025
Office Administrator
The successful candidate will be working as part of a team, this is a new additional role due to ongoing business demands, you will need a good knowledge of Microsoft excel. previous experience would be an advantage, salary is negotiable depending on experience
– Setting up new products on the system (new ranges, G codes, special codes) and verifying costs of products and discounts agreed; liaising with marketing team to make sure the correct retail prices and correct product information are displayed on the website; liaising with accounts department to make sure any cost price discrepancies are sorted in a timely manner,
– Updating products with new cost when suppliers send new price lists, updating the system and stores with new retail prices and any suppliers’ information on hand; preparing cost checker reports for the management to review,
– Creating purchase orders when not created from the sales orders,
– Following up on active and part received purchase orders to make sure suppliers have all our purchase orders on their system
– Checking order confirmations received from the suppliers against purchase orders on the system (colour, size etc) to avoid possible mistakes,
– Being the liaison between suppliers and sales team, updating company update spreadsheet with supplier updates such as info about discontinued products, shut down dates, changes in materials etc,
– Answering suppliers’ queries or passing them onto a relevant member of the sales team,
– Monitoring purchase orders and updating the system with purchase orders due dates,
– Updating goods inwards calendar,
– Preparing weekly sales reports (by category eg mattresses/mattress protectors report, disposal/delivery/assembly report; by branch eg Killarney sales report) and weekly gross profit reports,
– Carrying out other ad hoc duties and projects required.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Wellness program
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 19/03/2025