Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager - Full Time

Position: Assistant Store Manager (ASM), Hours: 43, Days: 5

Position Overview

We are recruiting an Assistant Manager for our shop in Yardley, West Midlands. The role is permanent, full time, with varied shifts over five days a week, usually including at least one weekend shift. Full time candidates must be flexible and available throughout the week, including weekends.

Pay & Benefits

The salary offered for this position is £32,648 - £35,306 per annum on a 43 hour contract.

• 30 days holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount at over 300 shops
• Smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• Workplace pension
• Staff benefits package includes virtual GP, discounted services such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out, and travel

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to build strong relationships.
• Trustworthy and reliable, dependable for the small team and customers.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader, or supervisor.
• Completion of a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check if hired.

More than just a job

There are many long term opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have training programmes and promote from within. Many in senior management started in our shops, which could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

About us

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean, tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. Our goal is to offer sensational value to customers on a range of everyday family oriented goods, backed by an old fashioned, genuine, friendly customer experience.