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Careers at Woods Furniture

Our Story

At Woods we have been providing jobs to the local community through our stores and warehouse network since 1875.

Read more about our history.

Pay & Benefits

We have a great reputation as a good employer, and we're proud to be able to offer our staff a little more to show our appreciation for choosing Woods for their career.

  • Generous Salary
  • Commission (for sales positions)
  • Up to 8% Pension
  • 20 Days Plus Bank Holidays (28 in total)
  • Staff discount
  • Death In Service Benefit
  • Uniform

Full Time Senior Sales Consultant - High East Street Showroom, Dorchester

Competitive salary
Must be available to work Saturday and Sunday

Woods Furniture have been trading from beautiful furniture and home accessories stores in Dorchester spanning over 10000 sq. ft., over four floors for over 140 years. This is an exciting opportunity as we embark on our expansion of the business. Our range of furniture incorporates all the leading brand names, plus a large selection of stunning home accessories to make this a destination of choice.

We continue to invest in our showrooms ensuring that our clients are inspired the minute they walk into our showrooms. With significant growth plans in place we are looking to recruit a Senior Sales Advisor of the highest calibre. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate with a generous salary package and superb benefits.

Key Responsibilities

  • A passion for the Woods brand, Furniture and Home Accessories
  • 100% Commitment to Providing the Best Shopping Experience Ever, for Our Customers at All Times
  • First Class Product Knowledge (full training provided)
  • An ability to Resolve all Customer Queries
  • Update Customers on Progress of Their Order
  • Manage your Portfolio of Clients
  • Send out Brochures and Swatches Upon Request
  • Be able to support the Showroom Manager

Skills and Attributes

  • Previous Experience in Sales and Customer Service
  • Excellent Listening Skills
  • Good Organisational Skills
  • Team Player
  • Willing to go the Extra Mile for Your Colleague and Our Customers
  • Great Attention to Detail
  • Calm and Patient
  • High Personal Standards
  • Ambitious
  • Self-motivated

Must live within 30-mile radius of Dorchester DT1 1HN
8% pension, generous staff discounts and much more*
Job Type: Full-time
 

Full Time Warehouse Assistant - Crewkerne

We are looking to recruit a Warehouse Assistant , working alongside our existing team. We are a growing independent furniture retailer and we need someone to support our very busy warehouses. Helping with goods received in and with organising goods out.

Applicants will be fit and energetic with good communication skills, basic IT skills, a valid driving licence, a forklift licence is preferred but not necessary, a positive attitude and a strong sense of responsibility along with being able to work both in a team and on your own.

The candidate must be able to commute between Dorchester and Crewkerne
This is a permanent contract, 40 hours per week.

Duties

  • Loading and unloading of goods vehicles
  • Accepting in and unloading container stock, we are a furniture retailer so all of our products are heavy. Minimum box weights are 18kg, Maximum is 110kg. Applicants must have the ability to handle 25Kg boxes consecutively.
  • Book in 3rd party deliveries to client’s home for 2 man service
  • Book in collections and deliveries for 1 man service
  • Transferring stock to our other warehouses
  • Delivering furniture into our customers homes
  • Support with product bay placement and maintenance
  • Answer incoming calls to warehouse
  • Arrange and load customer vehicles with collections
  • Receive and book incoming goods onto our system
  • Full training provided.

Essential Requirements

  • Physically fit – furniture items can be heavy, our average box weights are 25kg. This role involves regular two man lifting of items such as sofas, dining tables and sideboards.
  • Friendly telephone manner
  • Computer literate – particularly in Excel and Word
  • Great attention to detail
  • Be able to work to tight timescales
  • Work on own initiative
  • Handy – be able to assemble furniture
  • Highly Organised
  • Comfortable working under pressure
  • Willing train for a forklift licence
  • Be adaptable and react positively to a change in priorities

Desirable

  • Experience working in a very busy environment
  • Experience driving delivery vehicle, 3.5 tons.
  • Flexible approach to work
  • Self Motivated

Benefits:

  • Excellent Salary, 40 hours per week Monday - Friday
  • Pension after qualifying period
  • 20 days holiday per annum + Bank Holidays
  • Significant discounts off in store purchases
  • Immediate start available for the right candidate

Job Type: Full Time 40 – Hours per week, Monday – Friday
If you think you are the right person for the job, you want to work for a great company and you want to grow with our business then we want to hear from you.