Assistant Manager

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

Job summary

A leading family business in retail is looking for an Assistant Manager in Pontypridd. The role requires running an efficient shop, developing a team of retail assistants, and ensuring a great service to customers. The ideal candidate should have some managerial experience and be fully flexible with availability. This position offers competitive pay and great benefits, including a staff discount and training opportunities.

Benefits

30 days holiday each year

15% staff discount

Smart uniform

Free life assurance

Workplace pension

Staff benefits package

Qualifications

• Some experience as a manager, team leader, or supervisor.
• Fully flexible in availability for work throughout the week, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop.
• Be responsible for the development of your team through coaching and mentoring.
• Accountable for the shop in the absence of the shop manager.
• Motivate and guide your team to control operational costs.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction.

Skills

Positive attitude

Team leadership

Communication

Reliability

Job description

Assistant Manager - Full Time

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf. We offer a permanent full time position working a variety of shifts 5 days from 7 each week usually including at least one weekend shift. Please note that for full time positions we will generally require you to be fully flexible in your availability for work throughout the week, including weekends.

Key Details

• Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Hours: 43 hours across 5 days per week
• Pay: £30,240 - £31,392 per annum
• Contract: Permanent full time

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.

Qualifications

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• To be a 'people person' who finds it easy to get on everyone and is able to build strong working relationships with the people you work with.
• To be trustworthy and reliable; your team and customers will depend on you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.
• Fully flexible in availability for work throughout the week, including weekends.

Compensation and Benefits

• 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.

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. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an 'old fashioned', genuine and friendly customer experience.

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. We have great training programmes in place and always look to promote to shop and area manager positions from within.