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Retail IT Helpdesk Assistant

🏢 AF Blakemore 📍 Birmingham, England 💼 Company - Private
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£23,000 - £23,000
£1,917 - £1,917 / mo
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Location Base
Birmingham, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Retail IT Helpdesk Assistant (Willenhall (West Midlands) or Talbot Green (South Wales))


We have an exciting opportunity for a Retail IT Helpdesk Assistant, field based at our Willenhall or Talbot Green Site. Your role will be to provide support to Retail Stores covering BR, BTP stores and BTP/BWD (with data feed only) for in-store Retail IT services


About Us:
A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd is one of the largest privately owned companies in the UK. Our forward-thinking family-owned business began life in 1917 as a counter-service grocery store and has grown from these humble beginnings into a company that now owns 260 SPAR convenience stores and employs more than 7,000 people, with a turnover of £1.3 billion. As one of the largest convenience retailers in the UK, we are always looking for innovative ways to create a point of difference. Food and drink have always been our lifeblood, and today our business has multiple divisions specialising in retail, food service and wholesale distribution.


Key Tasks/Responsibilities:

  • Manage the processing of incoming calls to the Helpdesk via telephone, email, and portal, ensuring courteous timely, and effect resolution of internal & external customers
  • Investigating and resolving reported incidents and/or escalating to 2nd/3rd line support
  • To assist internal colleagues with information relating to EPOS systems
  • Ensuring all incidents are completed and reported
  • To help maintain training and process documentation to ensure effective team operations


Key Skills:

  • Good communication skills
  • Competent numeracy and literacy skills.
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft products as Word and Excel
  • Willingness to work as part of a shift pattern that covers the Helpdesk hours and needs of the business (Helpdesk Hours 7am-7pm)
  • Willing to work and/or be on-call evenings and weekends (after training period has been completed)
  • Knowledge of existing AFB Retail IT systems (desirable but not a requirement)
  • Ability to effectively prioritise & execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
  • Full driving license preferred


What's in it for you:

  • Develop your skills and capability in a highly supportive and multi-diverse culture
  • Outstanding Training & Development
  • Gain hands-on experience in a high volume, fast paced convenience store
  • Generous staff discount
  • Proactive promotion of internal candidates
  • Paid Breaks
  • Free Tea & Coffee
  • Excellent benefits package including:
    • Early access to your pay through ‘EarlyPay’
    • 24/7 access to your payslips and Rotas via HR/Payroll portal
    • 10% Staff Discount in our SPAR stores
    • Access to our colleague benefits scheme which offers a wide range of high street retail, holiday & leisure discounts
    • Company Life Insurance worth 1 x Annual Salary and 6 x Annual Salary with Company Pension Scheme
    • Company Pension Scheme
    • NEST pension scheme
    • Extra Holidays - Purchase Scheme
    • Cycle to work - Bicycle purchase scheme
    • Long Service Awards (e.g. 25 years service is £500 in vouchers and extra 4 weeks paid leave)


For more information on the role, please download the job description.

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