Trading Assistant - Shift

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain in Crawley is seeking part-time Christmas Trading Assistants to ensure a fantastic shopping experience for customers. This role involves stock replenishment, customer service, and maintaining store presentation. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, with market-leading benefits including discounts and training opportunities.

Benefits

Nightshift premium

Discount card

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Share schemes

Shopping discounts

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Minimum application age is 18 due to handling specific goods.
• Right to work eligibility in the UK is required.

Responsibilities

• Collect stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages.
• Provide outstanding customer service.
• Date-check fresh produce and grocery products.
• Assist with deliveries.
• Build knowledge about products and services.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

Rate: £12.60 per hour

Location: West Green Store, Crawley, RH10 8NF

Hours: Part time, 20 hours per week

Contract type: Fixed‑Term Assignment

Business area: Retail

Closing date: 10 December 2025

Requisition ID: 400040382

Working in our stores this Christmas

Could you be one of our Christmas champions this year? Whether you’re a Gravy Guardian or a Roastie Rockstar, pour your energy into this season and help us create the best Christmas possible for our customers.

Our stores are fast‑paced environments where no two days are ever the same, especially during our busiest and most magical time of the year. They are at the heart of the local community, providing outstanding value, quality and great service. As one of our Trading Assistants, you’ll be one of our Christmas Champions ensuring our stores are set up brilliantly to give our customers everything they come to Sainsbury’s for.

Eligibility

• The minimum application age for this role is 18, due to the working hours and type of goods (alcohol, etc) that you may be required to handle.
• You must have right to work eligibility in the UK.

What you’ll be doing

• Collecting stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages (up to 15 kg) to replenish a variety of items across the store, keeping shelves clean, tidy and well‑presented.
• Always ready to serve customers brilliantly when the store is open, supporting with any questions and proactively offering help.
• Date‑checking fresh produce and grocery products.
• Helping across the store as needed and supporting with deliveries as required.
• Building great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations.

What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague

• Happy working overnight in a fast‑paced, physical and high‑energy environment, often on your own but also thriving as part of a team.
• Friendly and welcoming with genuine enthusiasm for helping customers.
• Taking responsibility for owning tasks and using initiative to solve problems.
• Always prepared to work flexibly and productively across the store to a high standard, fully trained in a variety of skills and ready to learn, develop and try new things.
• Comfortable learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly.
• Having great attention to detail, keeping the store clean and clutter‑free, always looking to create the best shopping experience for customers.

Working for us has great rewards

We truly value our colleagues and provide market‑leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Nightshift premium – in addition to the advertised hourly rate, a further £2.45 nightshift premium is paid for every hour worked between midnight and 5 am (where applicable).
• Discount card – 10 % off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15 % discount 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, plus maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension – we’ll match between 4‑7.5 % of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices.
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme, a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.

Whilst many of our roles will be temporary over the festive period, there may also be permanent opportunities available – please check the contract type and schedule hours before applying to ensure that the role is right for you.

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

An inclusive place to work and shop

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us.

To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face.

We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here .

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader, all candidates will have the opportunity to be offered an interview through our online assessment which will prioritise those candidates who achieve the highest score and therefore most closely match the essential criteria for the role.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.