Customer Assistant: Friendly, Fast-Paced Retail Team Player

Sainsbury's

East Midlands

On-site

GBP 12,000 - 15,000

Full time

44 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Discount card (10%–15%)
Holiday entitlement
Enhanced Family Leave
Pension and life cover
Share schemes
Retail discounts
Health & wellbeing support
Employee assistance programme
Season ticket loans

Job summary

Sainsbury's is seeking a Customer Assistant to support store operations in a fast-paced retail environment. You will engage with customers, help with shelves, orders, and checkout tasks while promoting products and services.

The role requires strong teamwork, adaptability, and enthusiasm for delivering excellent service. Candidates should be friendly, energetic, and capable of learning new digital tools to improve the customer experience.

Qualifications

  • Friendly and welcoming, with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, physical environment.
  • A committed team player, willing to support colleagues and work together.

Responsibilities

  • Putting customers first and making them feel valued through friendly and helpful service.
  • Ready to help wherever needed, including shelving, picking orders, serving customers or selling products.
  • Using digital tools to perform tasks and enhance customer experience.
  • Organising and moving stock, keeping shelves tidy and presenting products well.
  • Building knowledge of products, services and promotions to confidently recommend to customers.

Skills

Customer service
Team player
Flexible
Digital tools

Job description

Sainsbury's is seeking a Customer Assistant to support store operations in a fast-paced retail environment. You will engage with customers, help with shelves, orders, and checkout tasks while promoting products and services.

The role requires strong teamwork, adaptability, and enthusiasm for delivering excellent service. Candidates should be friendly, energetic, and capable of learning new digital tools to improve the customer experience.

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