Online Assistant
Company: Sainsbury's
Role summary
Online Assistant is a part-time role at Sainsbury's in Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-08-29. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- Online Assistant
- Company
- Sainsbury's
- Location
- Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- part-time
- Category
- Logistics & Warehousing
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-08-29
This part-time online assistant role at Sainsbury's is a fantastic opportunity to get started in a customer-focused environment without needing a degree. It offers flexible hours, making it ideal for balancing with other commitments, and provides a great foundation for developing new skills.
Job description
What you’ll be doing:
Picking and selecting the best quality products on the shop floor that online customers have ordered ready for it to be delivered to their doorsteps – or providing brilliant substitutions where products are out of stock
Using a handset that plans your route around the store, what you need to select and how long you have to complete each shop
Working behind the scenes dealing with customer queries, processing orders and helping to load the vans for our Home Delivery Drivers
Always ready to serve our customers brilliantly, supporting with any questions, and proactively offering help
Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations
Working flexibly across the store as required
What makes a great Sainsbury’s Colleague:
Happy with early morning starts (as most shifts start at 4am) and working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, often on your own but also thrive in being part of a team
Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
Enjoys working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, using initiative to solve problems and taking responsibility for owning tasks
Always ready 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 and moving shopping containers up to 15KG.
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:
We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:
Nightshift premium - in addition to the advertised hourly rate, a further £2.45 nightshift premium is paid for every hour worked between midnight - 5am (where applicable).
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 .