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Working at Tesco Retail

  • Company employees
    330,000+
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    49:51

Hiring in

  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland

Office locations

Join Tesco as a Festive Colleague at the Aylesford CFC location. This is a seasonal replenishment role featuring early 4:00 AM starts and a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours per week (with a minimum of 12 available upon request). The position pays a competitive rate starting from £13.28 per hour and offers a dynamic team environment with flexible working options.

Requirements

  • No specific prior experience or educational qualifications stated, other than applicants must have passed the school leaver's age and be over 18 due to the early morning shift timing.
  • Availability required during specified windows (Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat from 04:00 to 12:00).

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Stock Replenishment: Regularly fill product gaps, pull stock forward, remove cardboard for visibility, and complete stock routines accurately and on time.
  • Order Picking: Pick online customer shopping accurately while maintaining high standards of quality and freshness, and complete substitutions as required.
  • Warehouse Organisation: Maintain clean-as-you-go routines, keep aisles clear of congestion, and follow storage plans to put everything back in its place.
  • Teamwork & Communication: Build positive relationships with colleagues, work collaboratively to support store standards, and interact warmly with customers and teammates.
  • Potential transition routes: People from retail, warehouse, or hospitality roles may bring strong customer service and organisational skills, alongside meeting the availability and age requirements for early morning shifts.

Job description

Availability Window

Days From time To time Sun 04:00:00 12:00:00 Mon 04:00:00 12:00:00 Wed 04:00:00 12:00:00 Thu 04:00:00 12:00:00 Fri 04:00:00 12:00:00 Sat 04:00:00 12:00:00

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�s our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, but if you�d like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.

The table shows the periods of time in the week we�d like you to be available to work � the availability windows. 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, therefore if the times you�re available to work match closely but not exactly to the times we are advertising, we�d still love to hear from you. Click here to read more.

Customers are at the heart of everything we do.

It takes lots of different people to run a fulfilment centre and this is a job with plenty of variety. It�s a committed role, full of everyday challenges, but that�s one of the things that makes it so rewarding.

� Being a Tesco Colleague in one of our centres means that you will be part of a team who help to serve our customers a little better every day.

You�ll meet great people, learn new things and be part of an expert diverse team where everyone is welcome.

Whether you are looking for stability or flexibility to suit your lifestyle, or the opportunity to progress your career, this can be the role for you.

Delivering your part of our customer shopping trip by:

Carrying out clean as you go routines, using the clean as you go tools.

� Keeping aisles clear of congestion when replenishing or picking products.

Working in a clean, tidy and organised manner and taking any equipment that needs cleaning out of use.

Following the warehouse/storage plan, putting everything back in its place.

Ensuring trays used for picking are clean, taking dirty trays out of use to be cleaned.

Regularly replenishing products so customers can get what they want:

Filling products that matter most to our customers first if there are gaps.

Making sure I know where products have moved to after merchandising activity.

Pulling stock forward and removing cardboard so products are easily visible.

Keeping the warehouse organised, putting everything back where it belongs.

Completing any stock routines accurately and on time.

Picking online customers shopping accurately, with the best possible quality and freshness, completing substitutions as required.

Making sure items picked are of the highest standard of quality, with the best possible date for fresh products.

Build relationships with colleagues to create team spirit, working together to make sure our store is the best it can be for customers.

Warm and welcoming in interactions with customers and colleagues, taking time to understand the customer and say �Thank you�.

Acting quickly to respond to the changing needs of our customers and embracing change within my store.

Energetic and driven to deliver beyond expectations, integrating home and work to achieve a balance that is right for me.

Sharing ideas with my Manager and other colleagues on how we can improve our store for customers.

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is �Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day�. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.�

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we�re a place where Everyone�s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That�s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We�re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click�here.

Please note

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver�s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please�click here�

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com

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Tesco Retail

Festive Tesco Colleague, replenishment, 4am start - Aylesford CFC

Aylesford
On-site
From £13.28 per hour

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