Sales Assistant

Topps Tiles


Date: 3 hours ago
City: Gateshead
Salary: £10.85 - £12.71 per hour
Contract type: Full time

About The Role

10 hours per week including weekend working

Aged 21 and above: £12.71 per hour plus personal sales commission

Aged 20 and below: £10.85 per hour plus personal sales commission

Topps Tiles is the UK’s number one tile retailer, renowned for our extensive range of high‑quality tiles and exceptional customer service. With over 280 stores nationwide and a team of 1,600 dedicated experts, we’re more than just a business — we’re a community. Small teams with big ambitions who trust each other, celebrate success, and put the customer at the heart of everything we do… that’s the Topps way.

A retail career like no other

Working in retail as a Sales Assistant (known internally as a Service Specialist!) is genuinely different at Topps Tiles. As a key member of a small, supportive team, you’ll help customers visualise their projects and find exactly what they need to make their vision a reality.

You won’t just serve at a till. You’ll become a specialist, developing real sales skills by using a consultative approach — asking great questions and understanding customer needs. Every conversation is a chance to influence, inspire, sell and create an exceptional experience that keeps customers coming back.

And unlike many retail roles, you won’t work late evenings — plus you’ll enjoy three days off at Christmas.

Oh, and did we mention? You’ll earn commission on every sale you help make happen.

What you’ll be doing

  • Building long‑standing relationships with regular trade and retail customers through a consultative sales approach.
  • Asking the right questions to understand customer needs so you can confidently recommend the best products.
  • Using your creativity to inspire customers with colour, style, layout and design ideas.
  • Driving sales through expert product knowledge
  • Confidently closing sales and maximising every opportunity

No experience? No problem.

You don’t need to know anything about tiles — or even retail. If you’re outgoing, friendly, energetic and don’t mind lifting heavy boxes, we’ll give you all the training you need, including developing your sales confidence and skills through our simple, customer‑first sales framework.

What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive basic salary
  • Sales commission
  • No evening work
  • Christmas Eve and Boxing Day off
  • Ongoing training, development and progression opportunities
  • Generous Staff Discount
  • Access to our Benefits platform with a wide range of discounts from 100s of retailers.

You’ll love working for Topps — and we can’t wait to hear from you.

Click Apply today. The application should only take a few minutes if your CV is ready, and we’ll be in touch ASAP to arrange your chat with the hiring manager.

Due to health and safety requirements and the nature of our in‑store work, we would encourage applications from individuals aged 18 or over.

A career with Topps Group

Think you know Topps Group? Think again There's plenty about Topps Group that might surprise you. Like the fact that you don't need to be a DIY or tile expert to work in one of our stores or our Leicester based Support Centre Or the fact that that we're Britain's largest specialist tile retailer, with more than 1,600 in-store specialists providing world class customer service to homeowners and tradespeople in over 300 stores nationwide.

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