Account Specialist Full Time NEW

Salary: £28,500 + 5% Shift Allowance

Shift Pattern: Sunday to Thursday | 06:00 – 15:00 (Onsite)

We are looking for a proactive Account Coordinator to join our onsite team at the Sainsbury’s Distribution Centre in Haydock. This is a hands-on, site-based role where you will be the bridge between our client and our temporary workforce. You will be responsible for managing shift fulfillment, supporting recruitment, and ensuring payroll accuracy for hundreds of workers.

Whether you come from a background in retail management, hospitality, or recruitment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a busy operation and grow your career with the world’s largest recruitment organization.

Benefits include: 5% Shift Allowance, free onsite parking, and access to the Randstad benefits app with hundreds of online and in-store discounts.

The Role:

Working the early shift (Sunday to Thursday), you’ll be the first point of contact for our client and temporary workforce, ensuring the site is set up for success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shift Planning & Fulfillment: responsible for managing shift patterns, allowing talent to select their shifts whilst also ensuring the client’s requirements are 100% fulfilled every single day.
• Recruitment & Pipeline Management: Sourcing and recruiting high-quality new talent. You’ll maintain a consistent pipeline of ready to go candidates, ensuring we are never short-staffed and always have the best people ready to go.
• Payroll & Timekeeping: Monitoring clock-ins and clock-outs, supporting in the resolution of pay queries, and ensuring every worker is paid accurately and on time, every time.
• Worker Engagement: Conducting regular floorwalks to check in with our team, boost morale, and ensure performance standards are met in both Ambient and Chilled departments.
• Client Relationship Management: Acting as a trusted partner for shift managers, managing daily requirements and resolving operational challenges in real-time.
• Compliance: Handling return-to-work interviews and managing onsite performance and health & safety compliance.
• Growth & Relationship Mapping: Actively contribute towards the growth of accounts via potential sales leads and stakeholder mapping

Who are we looking for?

This role is perfect for someone with a background in retail, hospitality, or customer service who is looking to transition into a professional recruitment environment.

• Have strong customer services and admin experience
• Enjoy working at a high pace
• Attention to detail
• Great organisation skills
• Have excellent communication skills and are capable of dealing with stakeholders at all levels
• Previous experience in temp recruitment is useful but not essential
• experience working in an onsite environment is useful too.

We are an inclusive employer and should you require any reasonable adjustments in order to complete any aspect of the recruitment process, please contact the Internal Talent Acquisition (ITA) team.

Randstad is committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate based on an individual’s sex, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We are an inclusive employer and should you require any reasonable adjustments in order to complete any aspect of the recruitment process, please contact us on