Customer Assistant

Sainsbury’s Group; Hemel Hempstead; Presencial; GBP 12.000 - 17.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discount card

Holiday entitlement

Pension and life cover

Sainsbury's share schemes

Wellbeing programs

Descripción de la vacante

Sainsbury's Group in Hemel Hempstead is seeking store colleagues to help customers, stock shelves, serve shoppers and keep displays tidy. You will use digital tools to assist customers and improve the shopping experience.

Permanent and fixed-term vacancies are available. You will thrive in a fast-paced, physical environment, work as part of a welcoming team, and have opportunities for development within a national retailer that puts customers first.

Formación

• Friendly and welcoming on the shop floor.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, physical environment.
• Committed team player, willing to support colleagues and work together.
• Open to learning and taking on new challenges.

Responsabilidades

• Put customers first and help wherever needed: stocking shelves, picking orders, serving customers or selling products.
• Keep shelves tidy, clean and well-presented and move stock to the correct store location.
• Build product knowledge to confidently recommend items and promotions to customers.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Team work

Adaptability

Digital tools

Descripción del empleo

• 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

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.

Important checks before you apply

• You must be above the school-leaver age in your country
• 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, 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 . Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.

About Us: Sainsbury's company vision

Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us. If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page. We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury's is truly a 'Great Place to Work'.

About the Team: We're in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people.

That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we'll make it yours too. They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they're literally the most important asset we have. So it's in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury's everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine. That's where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our 'centre of excellence' teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they're creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we're proud of their incredible ability to understand Sainsbury's inside out.

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