Branch Cook & Supermarket Assistant (Flexible Hours)

Waitrose & Partners; Newton Mearns; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

John Lewis Partnership seeks a Supermarket Assistant Branch Cook for our back-of-house kitchen in the Partner Dining Room. The role supports the shop floor team to provide hot and cold food for Partners during breaks, and assists with customer orders and Click & Collect operations.

You'll maintain high hygiene standards and portion control, with flexibility to work between kitchen and shop floor as required. Shifts are 9:00–15:00 across four days, including alternate weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a cook in a catering or hospitality environment.
• Customer focused with the ability to engage partners with the food on offer.
• Demonstrate commercial awareness, driving sales within the partner dining room, whilst also controlling costs and wastage.

Responsibilities

• The smooth running of the overall kitchen with support and direction from the management team.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and safe kitchen environment.
• Ensuring portion control, preparation, storage methods and due diligence to avoid food wastage.
• Adhering to high food hygiene standards.
• Stock replenishment - ensuring our shelves remain as full as possible and products are in the right place at the right time for our customers.
• Fulfilling online customer orders ready for our drivers to deliver their shopping direct to their doors.
• Reducing wastage by following product due diligence and markdowns to those reaching their sell by dates.
• Working with the wider shop team to support when needed including checkout support, managing Click & Collect orders, fulfilling on-demand customer orders and more.
• Maintain a safe and tidy working environment with general shopkeeping tasks.

Skills

Cook experience

Customer focus

Commercial awareness

Flexible to work between kitchen and店?

Education

City & Guilds 706 1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent

Job description

John Lewis Partnership seeks a Supermarket Assistant Branch Cook for our back-of-house kitchen in the Partner Dining Room. The role supports the shop floor team to provide hot and cold food for Partners during breaks, and assists with customer orders and Click & Collect operations.

You'll maintain high hygiene standards and portion control, with flexibility to work between kitchen and shop floor as required. Shifts are 9:00–15:00 across four days, including alternate weekends.