Assistant Manager

Farmfoods; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned retail business in Hull is seeking a full-time Assistant Manager to help operate the shop efficiently and provide excellent customer service. The role involves developing a team, maintaining shop standards, and supporting the manager with various tasks. The ideal candidate will have some leadership experience and a positive, hardworking attitude. This position offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, along with opportunities for career advancement within the company.

Benefits

30 days holiday

Training and development opportunities

15% staff discount

Free life assurance

Workplace pension

Staff benefits package

Qualifications

• Must be friendly, positive, and hardworking.
• Experience as a manager, team leader, or supervisor preferred.
• Trustworthiness and reliability are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist the shop manager in efficient shop operations.
• Develop team members through coaching and feedback.
• Ensure customer care and safe shop maintenance.
• Motivate the team to manage operational costs.
• Support recruitment and induction of new staff.

Skills

Team leadership

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Job description

Overview

Assistant Manager - Full Time

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Greenwood Avenue, Hull. This is a permanent full-time position with a variety of shifts, 5 days from 7 each week, usually including at least one weekend shift. For full-time positions, you will generally be fully flexible in your availability throughout the week, including weekends.

Pay and Benefits

The salary offered for this position is between £30,240.00 - £31,392.52 per annum on a 43 hour contract.

In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:

• 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.

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.

Requirements

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• To be a ‘people person’ who finds it easy to get on with everyone and is able to build strong working relationships with the people you work with.
• To be 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.

More than just a job

There are many long-term opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have some great training programmes in place and always look to promote to shop and area manager positions from within. Many people in senior management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

A bit about us

Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family oriented goods. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an “old fashioned”, genuine and friendly customer experience.

Our assistant managers are important members of the shop management team providing support to a small team of retail assistants and ensuring that their shops run smoothly and efficiently to provide great service to our customer.

Contract information

Position: ASM, Hours: 43, Days: 5