Apprentice Retail Team Leader

TN United Kingdom; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in retail is seeking passionate individuals to join their team as Apprentice Team Leaders. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills while working in a dynamic environment. You'll learn to manage and coach your team, drive sales, and maintain high store standards. With a strong focus on personal development, the company provides structured training and real career progression. If you're ready to take on challenges and grow within a supportive team, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Up to 28 days holiday

Up to 30% discount

Bonus of up to 25% of salary

Structured training programme

Internal progression opportunities

Enhanced company sick pay

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Basic understanding of retail KPIs and sales.

Responsibilities

• Support management in daily business activities.
• Drive sales and deliver excellent customer service.

Skills

Management Skills

Customer Service

Sales Strategies

Team Leadership

Retail KPIs

Education

GCSEs (including English and Maths)

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Salary: £13.00 Per Hour
Hours: 39 per week
Qualification: Retail Team Leader Level 3

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about beauty and health? Good motivator? Can you keep it fun for your team when the pressures on? Leading your team, hitting targets, progressing your career, that’s what it’s all about. Hard work, yes, but rewarding too.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling!

Here's the exciting bit…a great day includes

What we look for in our Apprentice Team Leaders goes beyond just great management skills. One minute you could be rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in, the next you could be managing and coaching your team, it is real think on your feet stuff!

You’ll learn how to support the management team in the day to day business activities and driving sales, alongside the development and delivery of excellent customer service and store standards. You’ll be involved in maximising profit by working hard to reduce shrinkage, damages, till errors and costs.

It’s a great experience that will prepare you for even bigger challenges. As part of your Apprenticeship programme you will cover subjects such as Leadership, Business, Marketing, Communication, Merchandising and Diversity. These, together with bespoke workshops, one to one support and mentoring, will ensure you will realise your potential and achieve your Apprenticeship.

Superdrug Team Leaders are extremely important to us; we recognise that you are our future Assistant Managers. We will actively develop your skills and offer real career progression supported by our award-winning in-house training and Apprenticeship team.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience within a fast-paced high street retailer
• Basic understanding of retail Key Performance Indicators; including sales, profit and service
• Confidence, resilience and ambition with the ability to help others to develop and improve their skills too
• You will attend off site workshops throughout your programme so you must be willing to travel
• Success in this role will enable you to take your next step with us, as we have a strong desire to promote from within and reward the highest achievers
• You have 5 GCSES’s grade 4 / C GCSE (or equivalent) including English and maths
• You are not currently in any form of education, and you are available for full time shifts
• You HAVEN’T completed a Team Leader Apprenticeship before
• You are eligible to work in the UK
• You have worked in Retail for more than 9 months
• You haven’t had any Team Leader or Supervisor experience within Retail

Here’s how you are rewarded

• Competitive pay and up to 28 days holiday
• Up to 30% discount for you and a nominated friend or family member
• Earn a bonus of up to 25% of your salary
• Competitions throughout the year to win a week’s wages during seasonal events, team nights out and much more!
• Fully structured training programme including one to one tuition, workshops and online learning
• Internal progression opportunities on completion
• Enhanced company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support