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Birmingham
Full Time
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Job Title: Accounts/HR Administrator
Location: Birmingham
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: £25-£26k
Reports to: Head of Finance & HR
About the Role
We are seeking a diligent and proactive Accounts/HR Administrator to support our finance and human resources teams. This role offers a great opportunity for a highly organised individual to manage a variety of administrative, financial, and HR-related tasks in a fast-paced office environment.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Administration:
· Assist with daily banking and reconciliations.
· Control of Warranty procedures.
· Monitor and maintain petty cash.
· Credit Control, weekly Aged Debtors reporting.
· Assist with year-end audit preparation and reporting.
· Assist when required with the process of purchase invoices in the accounting system.
HR Administration:
· Maintain employee records in line with GDPR and HR best practices.
· Support recruitment processes including advertising vacancies, arranging interviews, and issuing offer letters.
· Onboard new starters and manage induction paperwork and checklists.
· Monitor and record staff absence, holidays, and sickness.
· Support employee relations administration including performance review scheduling and minute-taking.
· Assist with HR policy updates and compliance checks.
· Any other ad hoc duties as required by Head of Finance.
Person Specification
Essential:
· Previous experience in an administrative role, ideally covering both accounts and HR functions.
· Strong organisational and time-management skills with attention to detail.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
· Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
Desirable:
· Experience using any HR software
Boulevard Retail Park - Peterborough (NEW SHOWROOM)
Full Time
Salary: Competitive Basic + Uncapped Commission
realistic OTE £40- £45k
Location: Peterborough- Boulevard Retail Park (NEW STORE)
We are currently looking for Sales Experts to join our brand-new store in Peterborough- Boulevard Retail Park
The sales expert will play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision, being a key player in moving our business forward, with your natural ability to engage, inspire and offer advice to our affluent customers to ensure they choose the best furniture to suit them.
Your Role as a Sales Expert will Involve:
* Using your natural ability to build rapport with our customers to advise them on their home furnishings.
* Selling branded luxurious furniture, beds, flooring & cabinetry.
* Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required paperwork.
Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer a "wonderfully different" experience, you will have ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed, progress and build your perfect career.
Skills needed:
We are looking for a Sales Expert with pride, passion and a positive can-do attitude, devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience. Driven to achieve your sales targets. You will enjoy engaging with customers and can adapt your approach as appropriate to build rapport and establish their needs.
Ideally you will have/are working in a sale orientated furniture retail background, and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.
Benefits:
Excellent commission structure
Commission paid on order
Pirkx platform staff health & wellbeing benefits
Birthday off
National & International trips to suppliers
Quarterly incentives for top performers
Staff purchases at cost after qualifying period
Pension in line with auto-enrolment legislation
Cribbs Causeway - Bristol (NEW SHOWROOM)
Full Time
Salary: Competitive Basic + Commission realistic OTE £45k
We are currently looking for Sales Experts to join our brand new Cribbs Causeway store. The sales expert will play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision, being a key player in moving our business forward, with your natural ability to engage, inspire and offer advice to our affluent customers to ensure they choose the best furniture to suit them.
Your Role As a Sales Expert Will Involve: * Using your natural ability to build rapport with our customers to advise them on their home furnishings. * Selling branded luxurious furniture, beds, flooring & cabinetry. * Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required paperwork. Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer a "wonderfully different" experience, you will have ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed, progress and build your perfect career.
Skills needed: We are looking for a Sales Expert with pride, passion and a positive can do attitude, devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience. Driven to achieve your sales targets. You will enjoy engaging with customers and can adapt your approach as appropriate to build rapport and establish their needs. Ideally you will have/are working in a sales orientated furniture retail background, and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.
All Areas Considered
Part Time
Excellent rates of pay. Experienced floor layers required for domestic installations. Must fit in with company brand values when representing the company during fitting. Carpets & hard flooring. Must have own public liability insurance and tools.
Contact flooring@leelonglands.com
Leamington Spa
Full Time
OTE £30,000- £33,000 Location: Leamington Spa
We are currently looking for a Sales Expert to join our Leamington Spa team. The sales expert will play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision, being a key player in moving our business forward, with your natural ability to engage, inspire and offer advice to our affluent customers to ensure they choose the best furniture to suit them.
Your Role As a Sales Expert Will Involve: * Using your natural ability to build rapport with our customers to advise them on their home furnishings. * Selling branded luxurious furniture, beds, flooring & cabinetry. * Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required paperwork. Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer a "wonderfully different" experience, you will have ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed, progress and build your perfect career.
Skills needed: We are looking for a Sales Expert with pride, passion and a positive can-do attitude, devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience. Driven to achieve your sales targets. You will enjoy engaging with customers and can adapt your approach as appropriate to build rapport and establish their needs. Ideally you will have/are working in a sales orientated furniture retail background, and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.
Leamington Spa
Full Time
£38,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience) +£16k bonus framework
Location; Leamington Spa
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a General Managers position at our Leamington Spa showroom.
On offer is a competitive salary of up to £40,000 plus £16k bonus framework.
We are looking for a General Manager with furniture retail experience, that is passionate about delivering exceptional levels of customer service as well as maintain strong brand standards at all times.
As a General Manager, not only will you have the chance to make an impact on this high-profile store in the business but also the opportunity to work for a reputable medium to high end retailer.
We are looking for a hands-on, commercial and results driven individual who has a passion for coaching and developing teams, combined with a passion for delivering world class customer service!
As a General Manager, your responsibilities will include the following:
Driving customer service standards in your store.
Driving sales in store and ensuring site profitability.
Training, coaching and developing your team.
Maintain company and brand standards are maintained as well as adhering to H&S guidelines.
Achieving store and company KPI's.
Keeping up with current trends, including competitor analysis.
Ideally looking for someone within 1 hours commute of Leamington Spa.