Trading Assistant

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Littlehampton; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading supermarket as a Trading Assistant in Littlehampton. You'll support stock replenishment, maintain product quality, and ensure excellent customer service. Enjoy a vibrant team environment while benefiting from a competitive pay rate and a range of employee perks.

Benefits

Discount card – 10% off shopping after four weeks

Free food and hot drinks for colleagues

Generous holiday entitlement

Shopping discounts on gym memberships and more

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Pension matching contributions

Share schemes for discounted shares

Wellbeing support through Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Comfortable being on your feet and working at pace.
• Ability to use technology as part of the role.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Job description

Littlehampton Store, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 19-23 High Street, Littlehampton West Sussex, BN17 5EG

£12.45 per hour

16

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.

Sainsbury's will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age.  To find out the school leavers age for your country please visit:  https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school

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.

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Rate: £12.45 per hour
Location: Littlehampton Store, Littlehampton, BN17 5EG
Hours: Part time, 16 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Retail
Closing date: 28 June 2025
Requisition ID: 302076

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.