Trading Assistant - Shift
Sainsbury'sOverview
Be Sainsbury's's magic ingredient this Christmas and spread some seasonal cheer as one of Sainsbury's's Trading Assistants in Sainsbury's's night shift team. From stocking shelves to date checking products to helping unload deliveries, you’ll support across the store to make sure it’s ready to deliver festive magic for Sainsbury's's customers.
It’s a fast-paced role, so you will need to be comfortable being active, including lifting and moving heavy shopping containers, as well as being confident working with new technology. Whilst you will be part of a close-knit team, Sainsbury's’ll also trust you to work alone and use your initiative as you will be working throughout the night. You’ll take pride in doing the right thing for Sainsbury's's customers and have a keen attention to detail.
Sainsbury's aim to make everyone who joins Sainsbury's the best they can be and are committed to being a fully inclusive retailer. Whichever area you’re working in, you’ll likely have less customer interaction than your daytime colleagues, but you’ll still be tuned into making sure Sainsbury's offer a brilliant shopping experience.
Alongside a market leading salary, Sainsbury's also offer a great range of benefits for all Sainsbury's's colleagues:
- Nightshift premium - an additional £2.45 nightshift premium is paid for every hour worked between midnight - 5am (where applicable).
- Discount card – 10% discount off 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.
- Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all Sainsbury's's stores.
- Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work.
- Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
- Family leave – generous maternity and paternity leave.
- Pension – Sainsbury’s will match between 4-7% of your pension contributions.
- 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.
- Wellbeing support – including free access to Sainsbury's's Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.

J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsburys, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.