Assistant Manager

Farmfoods; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company is seeking an Assistant Manager for its Weston-super-Mare shop. This full-time role involves managing a team, providing excellent customer service, and ensuring the shop operates efficiently. Candidates should have previous management experience and a friendly, trustworthy demeanor. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including staff discounts and training opportunities.

Benefits

30 days holiday

15% staff discount

Workplace pension

Free life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor is required.
• Must be positive and hard working.
• Ability to build strong working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Run an efficient shop and provide great customer service.
• Develop your team through coaching and mentoring.
• Accountable for the shop in the manager's absence.
• Control operational costs including shrinkage and payroll.
• Support recruitment and induction of new team members.

Skills

Friendly approach

Team leadership

Communication skills

Trustworthiness

Job description

Assistant Manager - Full Time

• Hours: 43 hours across 5 days per week.
• Pay: £30,240 - £33,948.94 per annum.
• Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Weston‑super‑Mare, Somerset. We offer a permanent full‑time position working a variety of shifts 5 days a 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.

Pay & Benefits

The salary offered for this position is between £30,240.00 - £33,948.94 per annum on a 43 hour contract.

• 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Contract Information

Position: ASM, Hours: 43, Days: 5