Retail - Area Support Assistant

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. As the link between sellers and buyers, retail and head office, our retail operations team is the cog that keeps things running. With teams focused on store facing, labour, transformation, online, delivery and contact centre work, we touch almost every part of the business. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment where you need to pivot not just daily, but often hourly. So while we plan all we can, it’s vital that we all think outside our job descriptions and look to optimise and improve how we do everything. There’s also a real team ethos. After all, it’s people like you who are going to truly transform this part of the business.

Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as an Area Support Assistant offers you the opportunity to be an integral part of a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment. As a valued member of our team, you will play a crucial role in providing efficient administration support to the Area Manager/s, ensuring smooth coordination of operations and effective communication within the area. With a focus on delivering exceptional customer service and prioritising tasks, you will have the chance to showcase your organisational skills and attention to detail. Additionally, you will have access to learning and development opportunities, allowing you to grow both personally and professionally within our supportive and collaborative work culture. Join us and become part of a team that values integrity, excellence, and continuous improvement.

What you'll do
As an Area Support Assistant at Sainsbury's, you will play a critical role in providing accurate and efficient administration support to the Area Manager/s. This will involve managing and organising the area's administration, including diary management, correspondence, and customer and colleague queries. Your ability to prioritise tasks and handle multiple responsibilities will be essential as you support the efficient operation of meetings, conference calls, and area functions. Additionally, you will assist in talent and capability administration, preparation of presentations, and coordination of travel arrangements. Your strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and confidentiality will contribute to the smooth running of the area and the achievement of business objectives in alignment with the company's processes and policies.

Who you are
As an Area Support Assistant at Sainsbury's, you are a highly organised and efficient professional who thrives in providing accurate and efficient administration support. With a strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks, you take pride in supporting the Area Manager and ensuring the smooth running of administrative processes within your assigned area (s). Your exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, allow you to effectively liaise with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders at all levels. With a self-motivated and proactive approach, you demonstrate confidentiality, integrity, and sound judgement in handling sensitive information. Your strong time management skills and ability to work independently contribute to the delivery of operational excellence and the achievement of organisational goals within your area (s).

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).