Shop Retail Assistant

• Full time

• 20 hours per week

• Monday - Friday - 14:00 - 18:00

• £13.86 per hour

• Opportunities for career development

• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Shop Retail Assistant

Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2BA

Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

Be part of a team where great service and good food come together. Explore what Sodexo can bring to the table. Step into a role where you bring energy to every shift and brightening our customers’ day with every interaction. A role where you're paid to put a smile on someone's face.

Ensure the smooth daily running of the Shop by maintaining store presentation, processing transactions accurately, managing stock levels and delivering excellent customer service in line with Sodexo policies and safety standards.

What you'll do

• Greet and assist customers in a professional and friendly manner

• Maintain a clean, tidy and well-organised shop environment

• Replenish shelves and manage stock rotation and displays

• Complete monthly stock counts and support stock takes

• Accurately process transactions and follow cash handling procedures

• Ensure compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety and Office of Fair Trading regulations

• Support sales promotions and suggest ideas to drive retail performance

• Undertake cleaning duties in line with the cleaning schedule

• Maintain strong communication with colleagues and third parties

• Attend training sessions and team briefings

• Follow company procedures including timekeeping and absence reporting

What you'll bring

• • Previous experience in a retail or customer service environment

  • Strong customer service focus with a professional approach

  • Good numeracy and literacy skills

  • Ability to work independently and use initiative

  • Reliable, flexible and proactive attitude

  • Ability to multitask and work effectively within a team

• Desirable

  • Knowledge of Food Safety legislation

  • Understanding of COSHH regulations

  • Strong listening, prioritisation and interpersonal skills

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong

in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act

with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive

in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Belong in a team, thrive in service.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications