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  We decided to write an honest job advert, with no flannel, so here goes. About Us We are a small family owned inclusive retailer that welcomes applications from all areas of the community & return to workers. Currently, we have a 60%/40% split in favour of female, our average age is 36 and have worked here for on average 7.5 yrs with no sickness in the last year. About You You should have a mature outlook, want to be part of a team, be looking for a challenging working environment (it can be a bit manic). You are able to juggle 6 balls in the air and not get flustered, will want to be pushed that extra bit and be willing to take on new skills and up skill yourself. Self-starters should apply, as we always promote from within, if you can't work at 100%, then this isn't the job for you (it's a small workplace with nowhere to hide). You need to be able to work at a fast pace, you should be the kind of person if they see a set of stairs; they would rather ta...

Ecommerce Assistant – (up to 35hrs) 
We are a nice wee family owned store that sells quite a bit online at Fat Buddha Store , and so we find ourselves in need of a hard working, bright, articulate ecommerce assistant to start work in the next 4 weeks.  We are looking for 1 (or maybe 2) person(s) to help us with running a web store that dispatched over 10,000 orders last year. 
 Your job will mostly consist of this sort of thing     Picking and Packing Internet Orders (mostly) .     Processing customer web returns (lots) .     Customer Service via phone, email & live chat, dealing with queries (lots) .     Stock control using Epos Adding/Removing Stock from Epos system.     Help process, ticket and store deliveries.     Writing descriptions for products online (We have over 5,000 products) .     Ensuring workstation is stocked up with all supplies. 
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Web Team Asst – Glasgow City Centre – 30 Hours plus Fat Buddha Store has a great opportunity for a driven, motivated and enthusiastic person to join us working in the web dispatch team. Responsible for pulling stock, preparing orders & packing order for shipping to customers across the globe.   You will also be doing weekly cyclical stock counts where we routinely count all brands and departments according to sales. The job is a fast paced role, and you must be an efficient worker with high productivity levels and bags of energy. Main Duties ·       Collecting customer orders from order sheets ·       Packing orders into a variety of boxes ·       Preparing shipping paperwork for international orders ·       Stocking work station and ordering packing supplies ·       Stock control, use a tablet to carry out a ...

Part Time Sales Assistant Required It's that time of the year, where we start to plan for a busy summer season, and this means the we are now recruiting for a permanent part time sales assistant to work in the store 2 or 3 afternoon shifts a week. Retail experience in a similar environment is absolutely required, as is a keen interest in fashion and the brands we stock. There will be scope to vary the role and training in Social/Media & ecommerce can be added onto the job role for the right candidate. We stock a wide range of brands and a wider range of product categories, come view the full range at our website http://https://www.fatbuddhastore.com/ Previous applicants are welcome to apply. 12+ Hours a Week (weekends aswell) Call in to the store with your CV and speak to Craig/Leslie, this approach tends to work best, it helps us put a face to your CV. or you can email your CV to leslie@fatbuddhastore.com. Fat Buddha Store 73 St Vincent St, Glasgow, ...

Fat Buddha is Hiring The last year has seen Fat Buddha Store, experience a great deal of growth on our online business, we also launched a 2nd website which has been performing above our expectations.
In light of this we now wish to take on a dedicated Website Sales Assistant to work 3 days a week.  Duties will include: ·      Downloading and fraud checking Internet orders. ·      Taking telephone orders. ·      Packing up and dispatching Internet orders (including eBay). ·      Dealing with customer returns. ·      Listing products on our websites. ·      Maintaining stock accuracy and updating the EPOS system. The role will also involve: ·      Booking in deliveries and updating websites with sizes. ·      Working on our social media sites and following protocols. ...

Fat Buddha is Hiring Last year has seen Fat Buddha Store experience a great deal of growth on our online business, we also launched a 2 nd website and this performs above our expectations. In light of this we now wish to take on a dedicated Website Sales Assistant to work 3-5 days a week. Duties will include: ·       Downloading and fraud checking Internet orders. ·       Taking telephone orders. ·       Packing up and dispatching Internet orders (including Amazon & EBay). ·       Dealing with customer returns. ·       Listing products our websites, Amazon & EBay. ·       Maintaining stock accuracy and updating the EPOS system. The role will also involve: ·       Booking in deliveries and updating websites with sizes. ·       Working on our social media sites and follow...

Many thanks to all 172 folk that applied for the recent vacancy with us, the job has now been filled by long time 'Fat Buddha Blog' contributor Fraser. Fraser will be working instore, online on our Website, Ebay store & Amazon store, creating and uploading video footage of key lines. Fraser will also help with choosing new season product, developing our Social Media Strategy and walking Maisie, all that in only 20 hours a week, hows he going to manage.

We now have a vacancy for a photographer (more suitable for a student) to work in our store 8-12 Hrs a week. (2 evenings & 1 afternoon) The job is taking photos of product for Fat Buddha website, you will also be using photoshop to alter images and then load them onto website. So, in brief, you will be in charge of images from start till they appear on the website. Also, making banners for website and adverts for printed publications websites where we advertise. Essential is a Good Good knowledge of Photoshop, experience of using Bowens Lights (or similar, setting them up, syncing with camera and ability to use lights to achieve great results), also a good eye for composition and some good ideas to improve the qualirt and look of images. Send CV to leslie@fatbuddhastore.com or pop into store at Fat Buddha 21 Bath Street Glasgow