General Merchandise Assistant
Company: Sainsbury's
Role summary
General Merchandise Assistant is a full-time role at Sainsbury's in Rugby, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-08-10. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- General Merchandise Assistant
- Company
- Sainsbury's
- Location
- Rugby, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Retail
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-08-10
Job description
What you’ll be doing:
Set-up and position our Tu and Habitat brands, along with our entertainment, electrical and stationery ranges, to make them appealing for customers.
Moving products around as trends and seasons change as well as collecting stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages (up to 15kg) to replenish items across the department
Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations
Working flexibly across the store as required
Always being on-hand to serve our customers brilliantly, supporting with any questions and advice on a wide range of products, and proactively offering help
What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague:
Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers and a passion for interiors, homeware, gaming and fashion
A brilliant eye for detail, ensuring displays always look their best and the store is clutter free, always looking to create the best shopping experience for our 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 to a high standard across the store - 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
Working for us has great rewards:
We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:
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
Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.
If you need an update on your application, you should contact the store that you have applied to. You can find contact details for all Sainsbury's stores here .
Sainsbury’s company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’.
We’re in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people.
That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we’ll make it yours too.
They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they’re literally the most important asset we have. So it’s in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury’s everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine.
That’s where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our ‘centre of excellence’ teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they’re creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we’re proud of their incredible ability to understand Sainsbury’s inside out.