Trading Assistant

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Trading Assistant, where your passion for food and customer service will shine. In this dynamic role, you'll be integral in ensuring the store is well-stocked and organized while delivering top-notch service to customers. With a focus on teamwork and the ability to work independently, you'll thrive in a fast-paced environment. Enjoy a range of benefits, including generous discounts, holiday entitlement, and wellbeing support, all while contributing to a welcoming and inclusive workplace. If you're ready to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

10% discount card

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Shopping discounts

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Pension matching

Share schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Must be over 18 years of age to apply.
• Comfortable working on your feet and at pace.

Responsibilities

• Replenish stock and check dates on fresh produce.
• Help unload deliveries and provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Initiative

Technology Use

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!

Due to the nature of tasks involved in this role, you need to be over the age of 18 to apply for this position

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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