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Delivery Driver
Key Responsibilities
- Driving a 3.5-tonne van to deliver groceries safely and on time to customers’ doorsteps
- Ensuring the van is organised, clean, roadworthy, and secured, with cases properly stowed
- Delivering safely in various locations and conditions, including busy residential streets and narrow country lanes
- Providing excellent customer service, answering questions and handling substitutions
- Maintaining product knowledge to offer recommendations and promotions
- Supporting across the store when delivery duties are complete
Qualities of a Great Sainsbury’s Colleague
- Friendly, approachable, and passionate about delivering a brilliant doorstep experience
- Proficient in operating and driving large vehicles across different environments
- Comfortable with fast-paced, physical work, solving problems independently while thriving in teamwork
- Open to flexible and varied tasks, from deliveries to store-user support
- Hardware to handle heavy lifting (up to 15kg containers)
- Adaptability in using digital tools for improved workflows
- Committed to safe driving practices, supported by an in-cab AI monitoring system
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Benefits & Perks
- Discount card (10% across Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu & Habitat after 4 weeks, rising to 15% Friday/Saturday)
- Free food and refreshments for all colleagues
- Competitive annual leave (based on hours worked), plus maternity/paternity leave
- Pension matches (4%-7.5% of your contributions)
- Sainsbury’s share schemes (discounted shares)
- Additional shopping discounts (gyms, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers)
- Employee Assistance Programme (free confidential support)
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Our Pledge to You – As People First
Our vision: To be trusted as Britain’s foremost shop and workplace, powered by our caring culture.
- Investing in training, development, and evolving environments to support every colleague’s growth
- Ensuring workshops and shops are great places, where teams know they matter
- Promoting wellbeing through HR, reward schemes, and empowering mentorship (from Reward & Recruitment to inspire, through to Talent Transformation)
"Our greatest asset is our teams. It’s our job to make sure they thrive."
For more about who we are and what we value, visit our corporate page Sainsbury’s HR. Join us and let’s grow together.
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