Trade Sales Assistant (Fixed Term - New Plymouth)

Trade Sales Assistant – Full Time Fixed Term (New Plymouth)

Are you an experienced salesperson who loves helping customers find what they need for the job they're doing? We have a great opportunity for a Full Trade Sales Assistant to join our New Plymouth Trade Centre, to assist in the day-to-day store operations and sales!

This is a Fixed-Term role until November 2026. You will work 39 hours per week across four weekdays (Monday and Friday required, plus two negotiable days between Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30am–5:00pm) and one Saturday morning (9:00am–12:00pm).

Having good knowledge of PPE, Hardware or Apparel will be a definite advantage. This isn’t your standard sales role! It's varied and fun! Other aspects of the role include warehouse/stock management, computer work and some manual handling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the first point of call for customers walking through the door
• Provide world-class customer service - Ensuring customers are always the number one priority
• 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

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Will have proven experience in a similar role within the retail, sales and/or trade sector
• A friendly, outgoing personality with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a team player
• Will have a passion for customer service coupled with a ‘can do attitude’
• 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:

• Work with a diverse business with a huge product range selling market-leading brands
• Great staff discounts
• Great Career opportunities in a long-established successful NZ heritage business that is growing

Apply now and tell us why it is you that we should be welcoming into the NZ Safety Blackwoods family!

NZ Safety Blackwoods promotes and adheres to the principles and practices of diversity. We are also very proud to be an associated partner of Mates In Construction Impact Premium Partner