Trading Assistant - Shift

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the retail sector is seeking a Nightshift Trading Assistant to join their team. This role involves replenishing stock, providing excellent customer service, and maintaining store standards during overnight shifts. Candidates should be enthusiastic, detail-oriented, and ready to work in a fast-paced environment. The position offers competitive pay and a range of benefits, including discounts and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension matching contributions

Sainsbury’s share schemes

Shopping discounts

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Happy working overnight in a fast-paced, physical environment.
• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers.
• Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative.

Responsibilities

• Collecting stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages.
• Serving customers and answering questions during store hours.
• Date checking fresh produce and grocery products.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Flexibility

Job description

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• Collecting stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages (up to 15KG) to replenish a variety of items across the store, keeping our shelves clean, tidy, and well-presented.
• Always ready to serve our customers brilliantly when the store is open, supporting with any questions, and proactively offering help.
• Date checking fresh produce and grocery products.
• Helping across the store as needed and supporting with deliveries as required.
• Build great knowledge about our products, services, and promotions to help provide recommendations.

What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague:

• Happy working overnight in a fast-paced, physical, and high-energy environment, often alone but also thriving as part of a team.
• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers.
• Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative to solve problems.
• Always prepared to work flexibly and productively across the store to a high standard — fully trained in a variety of skills, with opportunities to learn, develop, and try new things.
• Comfortable learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly.
• Great attention to detail, keeping the store clean and clutter-free, always aiming to create the best shopping experience for our customers.

Working for us has great rewards:

We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every payday.
• Free food and hot drinks – provided for colleagues in all our stores.
• Generous holiday entitlement – based on the hours you work, plus maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices.
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers, and more.
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme, a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

Working in our stores:

Our stores are fast-paced environments that operate around the clock and where food is our passion. They are at the heart of the local community, providing outstanding value, unbeatable quality, and great service. As a Nightshift Trading Assistant, you’ll be the special ingredient working through the night to ensure our stores are set up brilliantly to give our customers everything they come to Sainsbury’s for.

• The minimum application age for this role is 18, due to working hours and handling goods like alcohol.
• You must have the Right to Work 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, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide resources to help colleagues understand and support their roles and teams effectively. Our internal networks seek to ensure true representation and help remove barriers faced by colleagues.

We offer development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We celebrate diversity through initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. To learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please explore our resources.

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