Customer and Trading Manager - Convenience

Sainsbury’s Group; Coalpit Heath; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount card

Annual bonus

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension matching

Sainsbury's share scheme

Wellbeing support

Colleague networks

Cycle to Work

Gym offers

Job summary

Sainsbury’s Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Customer & Trading Manager to help run daily store operations with a small leadership team, ensuring clockwork efficiency, excellent service and customer safety.

The role emphasizes people management, performance, scheduling, and ability to stand in for senior managers. It targets a fast-paced, customer-facing environment with KPI-driven outcomes and cross-store collaboration.

Qualifications

• Previous line management responsibilities in a fast-paced, operational environment.
• Provides brilliant customer service, and coaches a team to do the same.
• Delivers KPIs or other performance indicators.
• Can manage disciplinaries, performance issues or other employee relations issues.
• Leads operations and can work alone in the absence of more senior management.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with a small team of managers to make sure the store runs like clockwork every day.
• Taking responsibility for the day to running of the store, often being the only manager in with accountability for the full shop.
• Work alongside a team to complete all tasks, ensuring customers are served efficiently and safely.
• People management, including performance, capability, disciplinaries and scheduling/pay accuracy.
• Occasionally assisting other stores when networks of convenience stores require support.

Skills

Line management

Customer service

KPI delivery

Disciplinary handling

Team coaching

Operations leadership

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with a small team of managers to make sure the store runs like clockwork every day.


• Taking responsibility for the day to running of the store, often being the only manager in with accountability for the full shop.


• Work alongside a team to complete all tasks, ensuring our customers are served efficiently and safely.


• People management is also big part of the role, managing performance and capability, conducting disciplinaries and ensuring scheduling and pay are accurate.


• Where we have close knit networks of convenience stores it may mean that you need to help another store now and then.

What makes a great customer & trading manager:

• Previous line management responsibilities in a fast-paced, operational environment.


• Provides brilliant customer service, and coaches a team to do the same.


• Delivers KPI's or other performance indicators.


• Can manage disciplinaries, performance issues or other similar employee relations issues.


• Leads operations and comfortable doing this alone in the absence of more senior management.


• A track record of delivering brilliant customer service and coaching colleagues to do the same.


• Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment - you've motivated others, driven performance, and kept operations running smoothly.


• Operational leadership skills - you've taken responsibility for store operations in the absence of more senior managers.


• Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs - whether it's sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement, you've made a measurable impact.


• Has managed employee relations issues, including performance and absence management.

Salary and benefits:

Salary will be dependent upon your experience as well as the store size, complexity and location. Alongside this, we also offer a great range of benefits for our managers, including:

• Discount card - 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday.


• An annual bonus scheme based on our, and your, performance.


• Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.


• Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.


• Pension - we'll match 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.


• Sainsbury's share scheme - build up an investment at discounted rates.


• Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.


• Colleague networks - link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential.


• Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI.


• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.

Inclusive workplace:

An inclusive place to work and shop: We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us. To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face. We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here .