Customer and Trading Manager - Online

Grimsby, South Humberside, United Kingdom

Job Info

• ID
• Job Category Retail management
• Posting Date 03/16/2026, 12:19 PM
• Locations Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN31 1UF, GB
• Full Time or Part Time Full time
• Contract Type Permanent
• Advertised Salary From £31,700
• Early Shift - Start Time 04:00
• Early Shift - End Time 12:00
• Late Shift - Start Time 14:00
• Late Shift - End Time 22:00

Leading in our stores:

Our management teams don't just run stores - they're the driving force behind our business. With bold leadership, a passion for service and an eye for opportunity, they empower teams to raise the bar every single day for our customers. Whether it's product availability, safety standards, or delivering seamless daily operations, they're hands on, sleeves rolled up changemakers. And the impact? Work becomes more rewarding for our colleagues, and shopping becomes a next level experience for every customer who walks through our doors. This is how we bring our purpose to life, one powerful action at a time.

What you'll be doing:

• Plan and orchestrate the delivery of an online picking and delivery team to ensure the success of the in store online service
• Be a visible leader, engaging and coaching a large team of shoppers and drivers to deliver a seamless and safe shopping experience for all our online and in store customers.
• Collaborate with other managers to ensure the success of shopping experience of the overall store
• People management is a big part of the role, managing performance and capability, conducting disciplinaries and ensuring scheduling and pay are accurate.

Our online teams work early mornings with picking items for deliveries usually taking place from 04:00 - 08:00.

What makes a great online manager:

• Previous line management responsibilities in a fast paced, operational environment.
• Provides brilliant customer service and coaches a team to do the same.
• Delivers KPI's or other performance indicators.
• Can manage disciplinaries, performance issues or other similar employee relations issues.
• Leads operations and comfortable doing this alone in the absence of more senior management.
• A track record of delivering brilliant customer service and coaching colleagues to do the same.
• Experience of leading a team in a fast paced, customer facing environment - you've motivated others, driven performance, and kept operations running smoothly.
• Operational leadership skills - you've taken responsibility for store operations in the absence of more senior managers.
• Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs - whether it's sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement, you've made a measurable impact.
• Has managed employee relations issues, including performance and absence management.

Working for us has great rewards

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 our managers, including:

• Discount card - 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• An annual bonus scheme based on our, and your, performance.
• Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
• Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension - we'll match 4 7.5% of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury's share scheme - build up an investment at discounted rates.
• Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.
• Colleague networks - link with like minded people to help fulfil your potential.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI.
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.

An inclusive place to work and shop:

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us.

To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face. We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here .

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.

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.