Tesco
Tesco Colleague - Newmarket Extra
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Tesco Colleague - Newmarket Extra
Tesco Associate Role
About the Role
Our Tesco Colleague rate of pay starts from £13.28 an hour; this increases to £14.55 for stores within the M25. Additional payments may also apply depending on location.
It is our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week. If you would like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12), we still have opportunities for you.
The table below shows the periods of time in the week we would like you to be available to work:
Availability Window:
| From Time | To Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 09:30:00 | 16:30:00 |
| Thu | 13:30:00 | 20:30:00 |
| Fri | 16:00:00 | 21:15:00 |
| Sat | 12:30:00 | 18:30:00 |
We will schedule your contracted hours within these times, and you’ll have 3 weeks' notice of exactly when your shifts will be. We are happy to support flexibility for our colleagues depending on the times you are available.
You are responsible for:
- Knowing your customers and serving them with passion and pride, giving great natural service.
- Being passionate and knowledgeable about the products and services within your store.
- Working across the store in our service, picking, and replenishment areas as required.
- Practicing training to ensure safety, efficiency, and outstanding customer service.
- Making decisions right for customers and adhering to routines that meet their needs at the right time.
- Participating in seasonal, community, and charity events, creating an inclusive atmosphere.
- Being knowledgeable about your store’s performance and understanding the part you play in improving service, sales, and reducing waste.
- Handling products with care to maintain quality and ensure they reach customers in the best condition.
- Being yourself, living Tesco’s values, creating a welcoming environment, and following policies.
- Accepting deliveries into the store occasionally.
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Requirements
You will need:
- A passion for delivering great service, greeting customers with a smile, and serving them with pride.
- The ability to build rapport with customers, ensuring they leave satisfied.
- An ability to take the initiative and make decisions right for our customers.
- A strong team player who can cope well under pressure and communicate openly with colleagues.
- An approachable personality to build relationships with colleagues, fostering a enjoyable team spirit.
- Reliability and punctuality to be a brand ambassador every day.
Benefits
Here’s what you stand to gain:
- Holiday Entitlement: Starting at 20 days (plus one personal day) rising to 22 days after one year plus bank holidays.
- Flexible Working: Request flexible working from day one.
- Colleague Discounts: 10% off at the supermarket and 15% off at payday weekends via your clubcard (saving up to £2,000 per year). You can also provide a secondary clubcard for someone else outside your home.
- Wellbeing Support: Access to free services supporting your mind, body, and life.
- Life Cover: Five times your pay, plus a matching award-winning pension up to 7.5%.
- Benefits Tailored to You: Choose benefits such as discounts, company shares, cycle schemes, etc.
- Uniform Provided: Along with policies supporting different life stages.
- Colleague Networks: Providing community spaces for the different backgrounds of Tesco colleagues.
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About Tesco
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether in store or on the move. Our purpose is:
"Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day."
We believe the relationship we have with our customers should be meaningful and responsible. We work towards being a sustainable business for stakeholders, communities, and our planet.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
At Tesco, diversity, equity, and inclusion means we valuing everyone – we encourage you to be yourself at work. We welcome chats about flexible working to adapt to your life:
- New careers
- Freedoms to explore passions
- Career changes and life transitions
- Parenthood and adapting to new phases of life
We are proud to be Disability Confident Leaders and are committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Please note:
- Age Requirement: Tesco will only recruit individuals beyond the school leaver's age. For age requirements in the UK, it's typically 18.
- Flexible Age Exceptions: Candidates can be interviewed over 18 if roles involve working before 6:15 AM, after 9:45 PM, or in areas such as warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery, and driving roles.
- Application Process: For roles with high application volumes, postings may close earlier than the advertised end date to ensure appropriate handling.
- Interview Feedback: Tesco can only offer feedback if you attend an interview.
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