Assistant Manager

Farmfoods; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run food retail company is seeking a full-time Assistant Manager for their Ipswich location. The successful candidate will work closely with the shop manager and be responsible for developing the team, ensuring a high level of customer service, and maintaining shop standards. A friendly and trustworthy individual with some management experience is ideal for this role, which offers competitive pay and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Benefits package including a virtual GP

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a manager, team leader, or supervisor is preferred.
• Approach to work should be friendly and positive.
• Reliability and trustworthiness are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Assist the shop manager in efficient shop operations.
• Develop team members through coaching and feedback.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and a clean shop environment.
• Control operational costs, including shrinkage and payroll.
• Support in recruitment and induction of new staff.

Skills

Friendly approach

Building relationships

Trustworthiness

Job description

Overview

Assistant Manager - Full Time. Location: Meredith Road, Ipswich. Permanent full-time position working a variety of shifts 5 days from 7 each week, usually including at least one weekend shift. 43 hours per week.

Pay and benefits

• Salary: £30,240 - £31,392 per annum on a 43 hour contract.
• 6 weeks holiday, 30 days holiday each year (as described in the benefits).
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• Benefits package including a smart uniform, free life assurance, and a 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.

Role and 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 ensure customers are looked after, deliveries are processed quickly, and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Take responsibility for motivating and guiding your team to control operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction of new team members.

You will need

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• To be a people person who can build strong working relationships with colleagues.
• 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.

Contract information

Position: ASM, Hours: 43, Days: 5

About Farmfoods

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, and 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 customers.