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Customer Assistant
Sainsbury's
Letchworth, England, United Kingdom["Part time"]
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What you’ll be doing
• Putting customers first and making them feel valued through thoughtful,
friendly and helpful service
• Ready to help wherever our customers need you most, whether that’s filling
shelves, picking orders, serving customers or selling our products
• Using and embracing digital tools to do your job well and enhance customer
experience
• Helping organise and move stock, including keeping shelves tidy, clean and
well-presented, and manoeuvring often heavy loads to the correct store
location
• Building your knowledge of our products, services and promotions so you can
confidently make helpful recommendations to our customers
What it takes to be part of our team
• Friendly and welcoming, with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
• Thrive working in a fast-paced, physical and high-energy environment
• A committed team player, always willing to support colleagues and work
together
• Flexibility and willingness to work across the store and take on new
challenges
• Open to learning, developing and trying new things to improve our service
• Confident learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job
brilliantly
• Take pride and ownership in your work, including close attention to detail,
maintaining a clean and tidy work space and always looking for ways to make
our customer experience better
Supporting you at work and beyond
We offer our colleagues a wide range of rewards and provide competitive
benefits:
• Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat, increasing to
15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
• Holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work
• Enhanced Family Leave – Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and more
• Pension and life cover – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension
contributions and up to 6x life cover
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
• Other Retail savings – discounts on eating out, holidays and at other
retailers
• Physical wellbeing - cycle to work and bike rental schemes, reduced price gym
access and Health/Dental cash plans
• Mental wellbeing - 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme and
Online wellbeing platform
• Financial support - interest-free season ticket loans, Pay advance,
affordable loans and savings directly from your pay and financial wellbeing
resources
RESPONSIBILITIES
Working in our stores
We’re proud that our stores have been at the heart of the communities they serve
for over 150 years, united by a shared passion for food and putting customers
first. As a Customer Assistant, you’ll be the special ingredient that helps our
stores run brilliantly by bringing energy to our fast-paced environment,
thriving as part of a team and embracing our commitment to give our customers
everything they come to Sainsbury’s for, day in day out.
Important checks before you apply
• You must be above the school-leaver age in your country School leaving age
• GOV.UK [https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school]
• You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK
QUALIFICATIONS
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 our colleagues 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
[https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/better-for-everyone/diversity-and-inclusion].
Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or
interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.