Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited Looking for Retail Salesperson at Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Full Time

• Competitive remuneration + insurances + benefits
• Kiwi-owned Brand – Aotearoa’s largest farming co-operative

Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity

We’re looking for someone to join the team at our Gisborne store working Monday to Saturday on a rostered basis 80 hours per week.

In this exciting role you will:

• Provide retail sales and customer service to our shareholders
• Advise customers on a range of sheep and beef, dry stock and general agricultural products
• Operate a point of sale (POS) system
• Complete administrative tasks such as ordering and receipting of stock
• Restock and display our products

Mōhou ake | About you

• You have a positive attitude and are keen to learn – we can train you on the rest!
• You can engage and talk to anyone
• You have retail sales or customer service skills and experience
• You have sound computer skills
• You’re physically fit as there will be lifting and manual handling tasks

Bonus Points for:

• Stock feed/pet food knowledge
• A forklift license

Mō ngā painga | About the benefits

You’ll be rewarded with:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Medical, life and income protection insurances
• Sick leave from Day 1
• Paid birthday leave
• Access to training through our online library, The Greenhouse
• Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores
• Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
• Additional support for parents – 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks’ paid partner’s leave

Te Tono | How to apply

Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we’ll do the rest. We’d love to hear from you and know you’ll most definitely grow your career – and us – at Farmlands.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Mō matou | About us

Be part of a great New Zealand story! Te Whenua Tāroa – Farmlands was born from people joining together to do things differently. Fast forward from our humble beginnings in 1962 and we’re New Zealand’s largest farming co-operative with an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion, with over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff!

In addition to our strong core retail business, we also have a well-established shareholder card network (with over 75,000 shareholders and over 7,000 card partner locations), with operations dealing with feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, and a wide variety of other areas.