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Services Assistant
- cockermouth, england, United Kingdom
- Contract
- Full time
Job Description
- Locations Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RS, GB
- Full Time or Part Time Part time
- Contract Type MHR_FIXED_TERM_ASG
- Number of hours per week 12
- Contract End Date 09/26/2026
Working in our stores
Our stores are fast-paced environments where no two days are ever the same. They are at the heart of the local community providing outstanding value, quality and great service. As one of our Services Assistants, you’ll be the special ingredient that provides the very best shopping experience for our customers.
- 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.
- You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK
What you’ll be doing
- Always being on hand to serve and support customers on our checkouts, self-service tills, and kiosks or even our petrol stations, supporting with any questions and proactively offering help
- Picking and selecting the best quality products on the shop floor for customers using our On-demand grocery ordering service and assisting customers with Click & Collect parcels.
- Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations
- Dealing with complaints, refunds, shelf tickets and advertising
- Safely moving and retrieving trolleys in our customer car parks
- Working flexibly across the store as needed
What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague
- Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
- Happy working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, and thrives in being part of a team
- Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative to solve problems
- Always prepared to work flexibly and productively across the store to a high standard - you’ll be fully trained in a variety of skills, so you have opportunities to learn, develop and try new things
- Comfortable in learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly
- Have great attention to detail, keeping the store clean and clutter free, always looking to create the best shopping experience for our customers
Working for us has great rewards
- 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
- 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 which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues
As part 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.