Applegreen Stores Hiring for VR Assistant – Applegreen Cullenmore Job at Wicklow , Ireland Full Time

Role introduction:

Applegreen is in a rapid growth phase and is seeking to onboard a VR Host to support the operation of our virtual reality ride experience in our Applegreen Cullenmore store.

The working hours will be Thursday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00. Flexibility in hours will be required.

What will I be doing as a VR Assistant at Applegreen?

As a VR Assistant you will play a vital role in supporting the most important part of our business, our customer experience:

• Greeting customers and providing excellent customer service throughout the VR experience.
• Ensure the VR Ride and surrounding area is clean and held to high standards at all times.
• Ensure VR equipment is clean and in full working order.
• Operating the VR Ride.
• Uphold a high standard of health and safety throughout the customer experience.

Why should I join the Applegreen team?

Benefits

1. All staff will be entitled to a colleague discount card that offers 50% off our Bakewell Deli foods and all hot drinks. (Up to €5 saving a day)

2. Bike to Work Scheme (Available after 6 months of service)

3. HSF health plan for everyone from under €2.50 a week

4. Employee Assistance Programme offers free counselling on personal, family, work and financial matters.

Training and Development

We as a company are constantly growing our business, but it`s our people driving its success

1. The Educational Training Board offers retail training courses through the Applegreen Academy

2. We offer fantastic career opportunities and a great deal of our promotions are internal

About Applegreen

Established in 1992, Applegreen is a leading convenience roadside retailer in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and the US in both large scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas, and smaller scale petrol/gas filling stations. As of mid-2020, the business had grown to over €3.1BN in annual revenue, operating 610 forecourt sites internationally and employing over 15,000 people. Our products and services include large scale food and beverage operations, convenience stores, roadside refuelling including electric vehicle channels, in addition to a number of other ancillary business lines e.g. hotels and gaming business in Welcome Break and our commercial fuel and airline refuelling business etc. We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands including but not limited to Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, Greggs, KFC, 7-Eleven, Chopstix, Freshii etc in addition to our own proprietary Bakewell brand. In 2021 Applegreen moved from a PLC to a private ownership company structure in partnership with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.

At Applegreen, it’s our people that make us a success. We collaborate as a growing international business, while ensuring locally led high performing teams in each of our regions. Each region has distinct elements in its culture while operating within a Group culture that is built around a clear employee proposition considering the needs of all our people. There is a strong entrepreneurial culture in the business which is driven by the founders who started the business more than 25 years ago and are still closely involved with the business today.

Our Core Values are at the heart of our culture and reflect our business ethos and the behaviours by which our people will be successful. Our Core Values are outlined below:

Applegreen prides itself on our commitment to charity and the community and the company established a large-scale charity fund in 2009. Every time a customer makes a shop and & fuel or a shop-only purchase, the company donates 1c to the Applegreen Charitable Fund. We are currently proudly supporting Pieta House, Enable Ireland, Irish Youth Foundation (Applegreen Blossom Fund) & FoodCloud.

Benefits

• Flexible Schedules
• Professional Development + Growth
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Staff Discounts
• Team Bonding Events
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Work/Life Balance
• Employee Recognition
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Employee of the month

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