Location
Stratford, Greater London
Hours
Full Time - 44.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday and Saturday on a rota basis covering opening hours
Salary
£29,700 pro rata
About the Role
Joining our friendly and hard working family as a Yard Sales Assistant, you'll be on the front line dealing with customers who come into our yard. As part of the branch team, you will play a vital role in our continued success by providing a first class service.
No one day is the same as the next in a Travis Perkins branch, but here are some key responsibilities:
- Deliver the highest standards of customer service, being helpful and friendly at all times, often building strong relationships with customers on a first name basis.
- Work outside processing customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
- Unload building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them into the branch warehouse.
- Operate a forklift truck (training provided if no prior experience).
- Maintain a tidy and safe working environment, ensuring safety standards never slip.
Travis Perkins offers a competitive pay and benefits package including an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, and group-wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation). Additional online discounts are available for retail, travel, and leisure. Our working hours support a great work-life balance, with most customers choosing to enjoy weekends and bank holidays, so you can too!
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work, voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. With over 1400 outlets nationwide and more than 20,000 colleagues, we offer extensive career opportunities across our five leading businesses. We are committed to being an inclusive employer where everyone feels safe, welcome, and confident to be their authentic selves.
Experience
No prior experience is required as full training will be provided, including forklift operation.
About you
- Physically active and able to lift heavy building materials as this role is based outdoors.
- Friendly and outgoing personality, comfortable communicating face to face with customers and building strong relationships.
- Adaptable, resilient, and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
- Able to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
No formal qualifications are required for this position, just a positive attitude and willingness to learn.

