Angling Active - fishing retail jobs and recruitment
Current Positions Available
Full Time Fishing Sales Advisor
Are you looking to combine you hobby and passion with work? Then look no further!
We are looking for an experienced angler, to join our specialist retail operations at Angling Active.
Our shop floor is a fast paced environment! We are looking for an individual that thrives on multitasking and has a keen eye for detail as well as exceptional customer service skills.
In this role you will assist in-store customers with an enthusiastic attitude and help with their needs, using your knowledge and expertise to enhance their customer experience. With a positive can-do approach to tasks which range from ensuring efficient stock replenishment and general housekeeping procedures and team work.
This role is a specialist position and requires extensive knowledge of fishing therefore we cannot consider any applications without this.
Previous experience in a customer facing role and angling knowledge is essential.
Responsibilities:
- Welcome customers to the store and make them feel comfortable throughout their visit
- Assist customers with locating items and answer their queries
- Work as part of the sales team to achieve store and merchandising objectives
- Operating tills and accurately process payments
- Increasing your own product knowledge and continuous development
- Self motivated to maintain high standards
- Supporting and getting involved in day to day activities as and when required
- Communicate effectively with line management and other departments
- Ensure check lists are being actioned
- Processing permits
- Reviewing the shop floor sales area (daily)
- Answer telephone calls and help with queries
- Uphold excellent housekeeping at all times
- Help with rolling stock checks
Skills:
- All round angling knowledge
- Basic computer knowledge
- Numeracy
- Excellent communication
- Team working
- Organisational Skills
- Resourcefulness
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- On-site gym
- Staff birthday rewards
- Staff fishing training days
Pay: competitive based on experience
Expected hours: 40 per week over 5 days
shop hours are: 9.45am - 5.15pm Mon to Sat, Sun 10am - 4pm
***To be considered for the position you MUST include a cover letter and CV with your application***
Mail Order / Website Order Operative
Join the team at Angling Active! A well-established eCommerce business, specialising in fishing tackle and based in the heart of Stirling, Central Scotland.
Become a vital part of a fast-paced, growing company dedicated to delivering exceptional service to our customers. In this role, you’ll work with a passionate team to pick, pack and dispatch orders, ensuring each parcel meets our high standards for speed and accuracy.
Order picking and packing experience is a plus, but what’s essential is strong English and numeracy skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to work efficiently under time constraints. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Angling Active’s growth, in a role where your precision and dedication will be valued daily. Full training will be provided.
Working hours are 5 days per week 8.45am till 5:15pm.
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Working days will be Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
We require the ideal candidate to:
- Be enthusiastic and positive
- Processing order experience/eCommerce or warehouse packing experience is an advantage
- Good English and numeracy skills
- Be competent in the use of computers
- Able to work a 38 hour week including weekends
- Have a keen eye for detail
- Fishing knowledge would be desirable
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Staff discount
- Free on-site parking
- Free on-site gym
- Staff fishing days
- Birthday rewards
***To be considered for the position you MUST include a cover letter and CV with your application***
All of our roles are in-person at Angling Active, Agricultural Centre, Stirling, FK9 4RN. All applications are to be directed to the Hiring Manager by email only, please apply by sending an email with a covering letter and C.V. to cv@anglingactive.co.uk
At Angling Active, we recognise that talented people are our most important asset. An ever growing and successful business established as a small father & son outfit in 1999, we are now a large team with a powerful and enviable skill-set leading the way in the recreational angling industry throughout the UK and Internationally.
With Angling Active’s business growth comes increasing investment in the people within it, and thus a genuine sense of pride within our core values is recognised amongst us and by our customers.
Our team handles every aspect of retail internally where possible. Key to this is our range of talent:
- The knowledgeable in store sales team are ready to welcome everyone that walks in the door and establish exactly what that customer wants from his or her visit. Training schedules maximise our ability to provide credible advice and product suggestions to the already knowledgeable customer. We pride ourselves on providing the best customer service available in the angling retail industry in a relaxed and non-pressurised manner.
- Behind the scenes we have our own, in-house dedicated team of web developers and content editors maintaining our e-commerce website. This is populated with unique and creative content and supported by marketing and media materials that are constantly produced by us, inspired by UK events, seasons and our customers.
- The sophisticated store room has state of the art systems in place and managed full time to manipulate the huge number of incoming product deliveries into our formula of procedures and systems.
- The phones and email help desk are managed by dedicated and fully trained representatives that continue the experience-driven service we offer across the business.
- Lastly, the order dispatch team is committed to providing immediate turn-around of our distance sales, accurately and professionally packed and dispatched to UK and international locations.