Supermarket Assistant - Christmas

Waitrose & Partners; Willerby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain in Willerby is seeking a Supermarket Assistant to support operations through customer service, stock management, and team collaboration. Candidates should have a passion for food, effective communication skills, and a flexible approach to work. The role provides an opportunity to join an employee-owned business with a commitment to work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a customer-facing role is welcomed.
• Up to date knowledge and strong interest in food and drink trends.
• Flexible approach to ensure support across the whole branch.

Responsibilities

• Ensure stock replenishment and shelf organization.
• Fulfill online customer orders for delivery.
• Reduce wastage by managing product due diligence.
• Support shop team with various tasks as needed.
• Maintain a safe and tidy working environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service experience

Knowledge of food and drink trends

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Alongside the great service you provide to our customers, your role will involve a variety of shop-keeping related tasks to keep the operation running efficiently and productively. Responsibilities include:

Responsibilities

• 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.

Communication skills to enable you to work effectively as part of a team and with our customers.

Desirable skills/experience

• Experience of working in a customer facing role is welcomed.
• Up to date knowledge and strong interest in food and drink trends.
• Flexible approach to ensure the support of the whole branch.

As a Supermarket Assistant, you'll help our difference be felt by our customers on every visit, providing the Partner-led service and passion for food that our competitors can't compete with - passionate Partners serving food lovers! Your drive to go the extra mile will make all the difference to the impression our customers have about the Waitrose brand and keep them returning again and again by earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime., We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.