Transport Assistant

Job description

You don’t get to be one of the nation’s largest and most loved supermarkets without a brilliant team — and our Transport colleagues are central to keeping our operations running smoothly, ensuring our customers can buy the goods they need in store. 

It’s about helping your community eat, shop, and live better, all while being part of a family that’s 187,000 people strong. After all, making the best-quality products available in-store for our customers is what we’re about. Just ask the millions of people up and down the country who choose to shop with us every week.

As a Transport Assistant, you will assist in the smooth operation of the Transport Office, compiling and maintaining documentation and managing information. You’ll ensure our drivers depart and arrive on time, processing vital information, issuing journey details, and booking staff on and off shift. 

We’re currently recruiting for a Transport Assistant on a permanent contract, working an average of 42 hours per week on a 4 on, 4 off rotating days and night shift, with the flexibility to fit the needs of our operations where required. 

More about you

• You have excellent communication skills
• You’re articulate and well organised
• You use your initiative and can stay on top of several tasks at once
• You have strong PC skills
• You have a knowledge of transport hours and regulations

More about the role

• Briefing and debriefing our drivers on both departure and return from each journey
• Effectively communicating to customers and Sainsburys Depots, ensuring incoming calls are answered and dealt with promptly
• Assisting the management team in providing a professional service
• Working well within the transport team function to ensure deadlines are met
• Generating driver journey sheets from in-house computer systems and issuing to drivers
• Producing reports, such as missing volume, debrief status, and unconfirmed orders
• Collating weekly information for Transport auditing purposes

Your benefits

• Pre-planned shifts
• Season ticket loan after you’ve completed 12 weeks of service and passed your probation
• Discount card after 4 weeks that gives you and a second user 10% on most items in Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat.
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more
• Cycle to work scheme available
• Full PPE provided

At Sainsbury’s, we’re a proud equal opportunities employer that values diversity and inclusion at every level of our business. Because when people bring their true selves to work, powerful innovation takes shape. Just know that whoever you are, we are your Sainsbury’s.