Customer Assistant

Sainsbury's Limited; Cockermouth; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount card

Holiday entitlement

Enhanced Family Leave

Pension and life cover

Sainsbury’s share schemes

Other Retail savings

Physical wellbeing – cycle to work

Mental wellbeing – EAP

Financial support – season ticketLoans

Job summary

Sainsbury's Limited in Cockermouth is hiring for a part-time store associate to support busy festive store operations. The role covers shelf filling, order picking, serving customers and selling products, with shifts planned in advance and a focus on delivering friendly, helpful service.

You will use digital tools, maintain tidy shelves, and learn about products, services and promotions to confidently recommend them.

Qualifications

• Friendly and welcoming approach with enthusiasm for helping customers.
• Thrives in fast-paced, physical, high-energy environment.
• Committed team player, supports colleagues and works together.
• Flexibility to work across the store and take on new challenges.
• Open to learning and developing new skills.
• Confident using new digital tools and technology.

Responsibilities

• Put customers first and provide friendly, helpful service.
• Assist wherever needed: filling shelves, picking orders, serving customers or selling products.
• Use digital tools to perform duties and enhance customer experience.
• Help organise and move stock and keep shelves tidy and well-presented.
• Build knowledge of products, services and promotions to make helpful recommendations.

Skills

Customer service

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Willingness to learn

Job description

Rate: £13.23 per hour
Location: Cockermouth Store, Cockermouth, CA13 9RS
Hours: Part time, 16 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Contract end date: 31 December 2026
Business area: Retail
Requisition ID: 400093759

Availability Window
The availability window below shows when we’d expect you to be available to work during the week. Your shifts will be planned within these times and shared with you three weeks in advance. We support flexible working, so even if your availability isn’t an exact match but is similar,

Working in our stores

Our stores are at their busiest during the festive season, when customers are counting on us to help make this magical time of year truly special. To get our store teams ready, we have both permanent and fixed-term vacancies available so please check the contract type above before applying to make sure it is the right role for you.

• If the Availability Window includes shifts before 6.00am or after 11.00pm, you will need to be aged 18 or over
• You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK

What you’ll be doing

• Putting customers first and making them feel valued through thoughtful, friendly and helpful service
• Ready to help wherever our customers need you most, whether that’s filling shelves, picking orders, serving customers or selling our products
• Using and embracing digital tools to do your job well and enhance customer experience
• Helping organise and move stock, including keeping shelves tidy, clean and well-presented, and manoeuvring often heavy loads to the correct store location
• Building your knowledge of our products, services and promotions so you can confidently make helpful recommendations to our customers

What it takes to be part of our team

• Friendly and welcoming, with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
• Thrive working in a fast-paced, physical and high-energy environment
• A committed team player, always willing to support colleagues and work together
• Flexibility and willingness to work across the store and take on new challenges
• Open to learning, developing and trying new things to improve our service
• Confident learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly
• Take pride and ownership in your work, including close attention to detail, maintaining a clean and tidy work space and always looking for ways to make our customer experience better

Supporting you at work and beyond

We offer our colleagues a wide range of rewards and provide competitive benefits:

• Discount card – After 4 weeks employment, 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
• Holiday entitlement – based on the hours you work
• Enhanced Family Leave – Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and more
• Pension and life cover – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions and up to 6x life cover
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
• Other Retail savings – discounts on eating out, holidays and at other retailers
• Physical wellbeing – cycle to work and bike rental schemes, reduced price gym access and Health/Dental cash plans
• Mental wellbeing – 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme and Online wellbeing platform
• Financial support – interest‑free season ticket loans, Pay advance, affordable loans and savings directly from your pay and financial wellbeing resources

An inclusive place to work and shop

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential, and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us.

To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face.

We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here .

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.