Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity
We're looking for 2 people to join the team at our Gisborne store working 6 hours per week - Saturday shifts
Responsibilities include:
Providing retail sales and customer service to our shareholders.
Advising customers on a range of sheep and beef, dry stock and general agricultural products.
Operating a point of sale (POS) system.
Completing administrative tasks such as ordering and receipting of stock.
Restocking and displaying our products.
Mōhou ake | About you
A background in the farming sector.
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:
A forklift licence.
A first aid licence.
Mō ngā painga | About the benefits
You'll be rewarded with:
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.
Mō matou | About us
At Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa, our vision is to be the ‘go-to for everyone connected to our land’. We’re always backing Kiwi’s – rain or shine, year in, year out. We work as one – we help each other, we win together. We’re rural people supporting our rural communities looking after our land and our people.
From our humble beginnings in 1962, we’ve become New Zealand's largest farming co-operative. With an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion and a team of over 1200, you’ll find us in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff. With a strong core retail business, we have a well-established shareholder card network (75,000+ shareholders and 7,000+ card partner locations), with operations dealing in areas from feed production, nutrition and agronomy, to ecommerce, fuel, and distribution.
We came from a generation of greatness with people joining together to do things differently. It gives us the solid foundation to move on, focus on the future and use our creativity and ingenuity to build Farmlands for the next generation with our minds open.
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Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
Please note that the successful candidate will have to go through pre-employment checks before starting with us at Farmlands. These will include two references from your two most recent managers, a Ministry of Justice Check, proof of your right to work in New Zealand, a driver’s licence check and an ACC background check. For certain roles a drug and alcohol test, credit check and AML check may be required.
Team
Retail
Role
Retail Sales
Locations
Gisborne
Job Type
Permanent - part-time