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 fly 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 fly fishing therefore we cannot consider any applications without this.
Previous experience in a customer facing role and angling knowledge is essential.
If this position sounds of interest to you and you want to find out more, please send us a covering letter and a copy of your CV.
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:
- Fly Fishing (double & single handed)
- All round angling knowledge
- Basic computer knowledge
- Numeracy
- Excellent communication
- Team working
- Organisational Skills
- Resourcefulness
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Staff birthday rewards
- Staff fishing training days
Pay: £11.44 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week over 5 days
9.45am - 5.15pm Mon to Sat
Stockroom Processor
Angling Active are looking for an enthusiastic angler who can work efficiently to help replenish our stock, keep our store looking presentable and organised to a high standard.
Working in this role will allow you to see first hand all new products in the angling industry!
This role is predominantly focused on working in our store-room area however, there is likely to be work required on our shop-floor as well. A keenness to be adaptable and flexible in the role to assist the shop floor as and when needed is crucial.
***Fishing knowledge is essential for this role and exceptional organisation skills are a must!***
Processing of stock after the booking in stage so products are ready to be displayed out on the shop floor. This would involve security tagging and barcoding the items where applicable.
Organising processed stock so product ranges are kept together that are displayed in the same area on the shop floor. This greatly increases the speed in which the items can be put out.
Responsibilities/Skills:
- Replenishing stock on the shop floor from overstock in storerooms
- Assist in stock takes as and when required
- Help maintain organisation of storerooms so stock is stored safely and tidily so it can be easily located
- Strong communication between shop floor and stockroom departments
- Work at a high tempo to ensure deliveries are processed and put out as soon as possible
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Be able to work independently to a high standard
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Staff birthday rewards
- Staff fishing training days
Pay: £11.44 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week over 5 days
9.45am - 5.15pm Mon to Sat
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.