Trading Assistant - Local

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

Job summary

Join an innovative company where your passion for food and customer service can shine! In this dynamic role as a Trading Assistant, you will be at the heart of a bustling convenience store, ensuring shelves are stocked and customers are served with a smile. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, taking pride in your work and making a difference in customers' shopping experiences. With a strong commitment to inclusivity and personal development, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive team. Enjoy competitive pay and a range of benefits designed to enhance your work-life balance and well-being.

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 working on your feet in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to use technology effectively in daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Replenishing stock and checking dates across fresh produce.
• Serving customers at tills and unloading deliveries.

Skills

Customer Service

Stock Replenishment

Attention to Detail

Initiative

Technology Usage

Job description

Love food and a bustling working environment? Then you belong in one of our Local convenience stores! Our Trading Assistants work in a fast-paced environment covering all aspects of the store. In this role, you’ll be replenishing stock, checking dates across our fresh produce and grocery products as well as helping unload deliveries and serving customers on tills. 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 use your initiative.

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

The minimum application age for this role is 18 due to the type of goods (alcohol, tobacco etc) that you may be required to handle.

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

1. 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.
2. Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
3. Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work.
4. Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
5. Family leave – generous maternity and paternity leave.
6. Pension – Sainsbury’s will match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
7. 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.
8. 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.