Trainee Store Manager - multiple Sydney locations

Harris Farm Markets; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25% employee discount

Structured on-the-job training

Career progression pathway

Job summary

Harris Farm Markets is seeking a Trainee Store Manager to join our Sydney store network. You will work alongside the Store Manager to lead the team, delight customers and keep the store running like a well-oiled, stocked machine.

You’ll receive hands-on training in people leadership, rosters, merchandising and compliance, with milestones and mentoring from senior retail leaders. This salaried role offers structured on-the-floor training and a pathway to a store manager position, under a

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small team in retail or hospitality.
• Love of fresh food, especially fruit and vegetables.
• Ability to juggle people, product and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Store Manager in coaching the team to hit customer satisfaction and sales targets.
• Help build rosters that are on-budget and keep the store running smoothly.
• Keep the store looking fresh, well-merchandised and stocked with weekly specials.
• Champion food safety and workplace safety, and support injured workers back to work.
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding and developing the next generation of Harris Farmers.

Skills

Leadership experience

Customer focus

Team coordination

Job description

Trainee Store Manager - multiple Sydney locations

Come and grow with us within our Sydney store network !

We'll teach you everything about running a Harris Farm store, from the floor to the numbers.

As a Trainee Store Manager, you'll work alongside our Store Manager to lead the team, delight customers, and keep our Albury store running like a well‑oiled (and beautifully stocked) machine. You'll get hands‑on training in people leadership, rostering, merchandising and compliance, all building towards your own store one day. You'll be backed by a genuinely structured training programme, not just thrown in the deep end, real milestones, real mentoring, and regular check‑ins with senior retail leaders to make sure you're developing into a store manager who's up there with the best. This isn't a desk job. It's on the floor, in the thick of it, learning the Harris Farm way.

What You Do

• Support the Store Manager in coaching the team to hit customer (NPS), engagement (eNPS), sales, wage and margin targets
• Help build rosters that are on-budget and keep the store running smoothly
• Keep the store looking fresh, abundant and beautifully merchandised — specials pushed every week
• Champion food safety, workplace safety and compliance, and support injured workers back to work
• Get stuck into recruitment, onboarding and developing the next generation of Harris Farmers

What You Bring

Experience

• Retail or hospitality leadership experience , supervising a small team is a plus
• A genuine love of fresh food, especially fruit and veg
• Comfortable juggling people, product and priorities in a fast‑paced environment

You, in a Nutshell

• Hungry to grow into a bigger leadership role
• Humble, you back your team and share the win
• Smart, you read the room and know how your words land

The Harris Farm Way

Always looking for the next improvement for yourself and the team.

Share the credit. Put the team first. No egos on the floor.

Read the room. Communicate with care. Know your impact.

What We Offer

Competitive salary package benchmarked to market

25% employee discount - for you and a family member

A structured training programme - on-the-job training, with your progress reviewed every 6 months by senior retail leaders, so you're set up to lead at the highest standard

A genuinely values-led culture where your contribution is seen and celebrated

The chance to build a career in a family business doing it right since 1971

This is a salaried role, benchmarked against the General Retail Industry Award 2020 (MA000004) Level 6 for comparison purposes. Harris Farm Markets complies with all obligations under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the National Employment Standards (NES). Always confirm current rates at fairwork.gov.au.

At Harris Farm, we welcome everyone, from all walks of life and all abilities. If you think you could be a great Harris Farmer, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the above requirements, please don’t be shy - get in touch!