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About the role
As a Supermarket Assistant, you’ll help our difference be felt by our customers on every visit, providing the Partner-led service and passion for food that our customers expect. Your drive to go the extra mile will influence the impression of the Waitrose brand and help customers trust and keep returning to us.
Key Responsibilities
* Stock replenishment – ensuring shelves remain full and products are in the right place at the right time for customers.
* Fulfilling online customer orders ready for our drivers to deliver to customers’ doors.
* Reducing wastage by following product due diligence and applying markdowns to items nearing sell-by dates.
* Working with the wider shop team to support when needed, including checkout support, managing Click & Collect orders, fulfilling on-demand customer orders, and more.
* Maintaining a safe and tidy working environment with general shopkeeping tasks.
Essential skills/experience
* Communication skills to enable effective teamwork and customer service.
Desirable skills/experience
* Experience in a customer-facing role is welcomed.
* Up-to-date knowledge and strong interest in food and drink trends.
* Flexible approach to support the whole branch.
Varied hours of part-time work (19.5 hours) across 3 days to include weekdays and weekends between 00:00–07:00.
The partnership
We’re the largest employee-owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
We’re focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. We aim to Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
As Partners we share ownership and its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, treating everyone with kindness and respect.
We all own making the Partnership a place where we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can thrive, growing ourselves individually and collectively.
As Partners, we make all the difference. And we all own it.
Important points to note:
It’s important to note that some roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process. DBS checks will be carried out by a third-party registered body, and financial probity checks may also be required for some roles.
We also encourage you to apply as soon as possible because vacancies can close early if there are many applicants.
We want all Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working, which might include flexible or compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter hour contracts where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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