Job Description

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Night shift is where the magic happens. Deliveries come in, shelves are restocked and everything has to be ready for the working day. It\'s a great place to start, or develop, your retail management career, because it\'ll help you develop all the skills you need.

You\'ll lead the overnight team and be responsible for what happens instore during your shift; and great training will give you the confidence to lead your team, plan resources effectively and ensure customers are always delighted.

What you\'ll be doing

Our purpose is that driven by our passion for food, together we serve and help every customer.

Your team will restock shelves, take in warehouse deliveries and help with overnight online picking. You\'ll make sure that everything is exactly where it\'s needed for colleagues and customers in the morning. Your focus will be operational in-store management - smoothly running the shift during the night, managing your team\'s performance and time, and demonstrating a decisive, organised and inclusive approach.

We recognise that working at night isn\'t for everyone and an additional annual premium of up to \xc2\xa34,500 is applied to salaries for nightshift management roles, where eligible.

Whilst on shift you\'ll be ultimately responsible for making sure it runs like clockwork. In collaboration with other managers, you\'ll be planning shift patterns and activities in advance. And at the end of your shift, you\'ll do a thorough handover to the next Manager.

We\'ll give you the time and space you need to do all that properly. Because when our teams work really well together, our customers notice.

Who you are

This is a great way to begin your management career in retail, or to develop the skills you already have and make them first-class. Our customers are always looking for that something extra special instore, and your ability to guide, motivate and inspire your team of colleagues will be key to achieving that.

Our structure gives clear management presence across the full range of opening hours so that our customers and colleagues always feel able to ask for help or offer solutions when things aren\'t going so well. You\'ll ultimately be responsible for making everything as good as it can be. We\'re an award-winning diverse employer so you\'ll nurture a team where everyone feels supported to be themselves.

How you can develop

There are plenty of opportunities for you to stretch and develop your skills so just let us know when you\'re ready to take on more. Remember, you\'ll be part of the Sainsbury\'s family so you\'ll never, ever be short of options.

What we\'ll give you

Salary will be dependent upon your experience as well as the store size, complexity and location. Alongside this, we also offer a great range of benefits for all our colleagues, including:

\xc2\xb7 Nightshift premium - up to \xc2\xa34,500 annually for working nights, where eligible

\xc2\xb7 4 night week - our full-time nightshift managers work their hours across 4 nights

\xc2\xb7 Discount card - provided after 4 weeks that gives you and a second user 10% on most items in Sainsbury\'s, Argos and Habitat. Throughout the year we regularly increase discount at Sainsbury\'s and Argos to 15% as an additional benefit.

\xc2\xb7 Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.

\xc2\xb7 Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave

\xc2\xb7 Pension - we\'ll match 4-7% of your pension contributions

\xc2\xb7 Sainsbury\'s share scheme - build up an investment at discounted prices

\xc2\xb7 Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice

\xc2\xb7 Colleague networks - link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential

\xc2\xb7 Cycle to Work scheme - hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI

\xc2\xb7 Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more

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About Us: 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\'.

About the Team:

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.

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