Customer Assistant
Company: Sainsbury's
Role summary
Customer Assistant is a part-time role at Sainsbury's in Barnsley, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-10-25. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- Customer Assistant
- Company
- Sainsbury's
- Location
- Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- part-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-10-25
You’ll love this role if you enjoy staying active and making a real difference in your community by helping neighbors with their daily shopping. It’s a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive team with plenty of flexibility, and since no degree is required, it’s a perfect way to jump into a reliable job where your hard work is truly appreciated.
Job description
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 –After 4 weeks employment, 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
Our stores are at their busiest during the festive season, when customers are counting on us to help make this magical time of year truly special. To get our store teams ready, we have both permanent and fixed-term vacancies available so please check the contract type above before applying to make sure it is the right role for you.
Important checks before you apply
You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK
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
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 careers. 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 .
Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.