Trading Assistant

Sainsbury's; Colchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Trading Assistant, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring stock is replenished and customers receive top-notch service. This position involves working across various store areas, checking product dates, and unloading deliveries. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, using your initiative and teamwork skills to create a welcoming atmosphere. With a strong commitment to inclusivity, this established retailer offers a supportive workplace where you can grow and make a difference while enjoying generous benefits and discounts.

Benefits

10% discount card after four weeks

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Shopping discounts

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Pension matching

Share schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Comfortable being on your feet and working at pace.
• Passionate about providing the best possible service.

Responsibilities

• Replenishing stock and checking dates on fresh produce.
• Unloading deliveries and working across the store.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Initiative

Job description

Love food and being on hand to help out? Then you’ll feel right at home joining us as one of our Trading Assistants. In this role,you’ll be working across the store to replenish stock, check dates across our fresh produce and grocery products as well as helping unload deliveries. It’s important you are comfortable being on your feet, working at pace and using technology as part of our role. Whilst you will be part of a close-knit team, we’ll also trust you to work alone and your initiative.

Whichever area you’re working in, you’ll take pride in doing the right thing for our customers, have a keen for detail and be passionate about helping people to provide the best possible service.

We aim to make everyone who joins us be the best they can be and are committed to being a fully inclusive retailer where our customers love to shop, and our colleagues love to work!

If the shifts for this role cover hours earlier than 6am or later than 11pm, you will need to be at least 18 years of age.

Alongside a market leading rate of pay, we also offer a great range of benefits for all our colleagues:

• Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
• Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work.
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
• Family leave – generous maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension – Sainsbury’s will match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – allowing you to buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices and the option to buy shares monthly from your gross salary to build up an investment.
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.

About the company

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