{"id":3205271,"url":"https://alion.io/job/decathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant","title":"Full Time (Sales Assistant)","company":{"id":1769847,"name":"Decathlon UK","domain":"decathlon.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/decathlon-co-uk","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Guildford, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T12:25:27Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-24","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T12:28:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"LOVE SPORT? WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? PROBLEM SOLVER?\nIF YES, THIS IS THE PERFECT ROLE FOR YOU!\nAs a Customer Experience Advisor you’ll be providing the best care for our customers, both in-store and online. To put it simply, the purpose . The most important part of your role is to ensure that all customers leave delighted with our products and your service.\nWhat will you benefit from?\nCareer progression - At Decathlon, you choose your own career path, whether you aspire to become our next customer service manager or our next CEO - your opportunities for progression are endless!\nProfit sharing scheme - We’re one big international family who exclusively shares the profit we make with our employees.\nWe play sport together and have regular team socials!\nQuarterly bonus scheme\nPermanent contracts with fair pay - We don’t believe in zero-hour contracts.\nCycle to work scheme - 25% discount on a bike of your choice.\n30% staff discount on our Decathlon products.\nDiscover more of our company benefits here.\nYour Responsibilities:\nCustomer Service - Through your own passion for sport, you’ll share\nyour tips and experiences with users and through our hands-on product\ntraining you will be able to give the best technical advice for the sports\nyou are responsible for. Decathlon has shifted over the last year into an\nomnichannel business so it’s essential that our sales assistants are able\nto assist customers in all aspects of retail shopping, whether that’s in\nstore or online!\n\nMerchandising - Whether full time or part time, every Sales\nAssistant is encouraged to take responsibility to autonomously manage\nstock levels and pricing and to provide a high level of merchandising so\nthat each customer can easily find the right product for their sporting\npractice.\n\nTeam Player - You will be part of a shop floor team of like-minded\nSales Assistants, practicing sport and celebrating victories together, so\nit’s important that you are able to work well within a team environment as\nwell as independently.\n\nSound good so far? If so, here's the type of person we're looking for…\nWho Are You?\nSomeone looking to combine a passion for sport with work.\n\nA people person who is prepared to go the extra mile.\nSomeone looking for a retail career with a difference\nProblem solver with excellent communication skills.\nAble to play as part of the team during the busiest times (weekends and\nholidays).\n\nAdditional Information:\nAs a Customer Service Advisor you will be required to work usual retail hours including evenings and weekends. The role will be shop-floor based with full Covid-19 safety regulations and precautions in place. The safety of our teammates and customers is our main priority during these times.\nIF YOU LOVE SPORT AND WANT AN EXCITING CAREER IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, APPLY TODAY!","description_format":"text","description_chars":2791,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Sporting Goods","Sportswear & Activewear"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T12:25:27Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-31T06:23:40+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":78,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.824,"p_room":0.945,"age_days":8,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:7","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/decathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/decathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-03T01:32:16Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2093,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1769847},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1769847"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdecathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdecathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdecathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/decathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdecathlon-uk-full-time-sales-assistant"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3205271}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"decathlon.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3205271},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}