Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager - Full Time

Hours: 43 hours across 5 days per week. Pay: £31,449- £32,648 per annum. Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to our customers.
• Be responsible for the development of your team of retail assistants through coaching, mentoring and providing feedback.
• Be accountable for the shop in the absence of the shop manager and responsible for ensuring that customers are looked after, deliveries are worked quickly and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Take responsibility for motivating and guiding your team to ensure the control of operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction of new team members.

Qualifications

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• A 'people person' who finds it easy to get on everyone and is able to build strong working relationships with the people you work with.
• Trustworthy and reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your team and customers will depend upon you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.
• To complete an Employment Verification check and a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check (Scotland) if successful and offered the advertised position. An Employment Verification check will be sent to you via email if hired and confirm your previous employment history against the records held by HMRC. A Basic DBS/Disclosure Scotland check will also be sent to you via email if hired and confirm if you have any previous or unspent convictions.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• Workplace pension.
• A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

Contract information

Position: ASM, Hours: 43, Days: 5