General Manager - Argos

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retailer as a manager in a dynamic distribution environment. You will lead and inspire your team, manage operations to achieve business targets, and contribute to a customer-focused culture. With opportunities for personal development and progression, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of retail in a multi-channel space.

Benefits

10% discount card after four weeks

Free food and hot drinks provided

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension matching contributions

Discounted share scheme

Wellbeing support access

Colleague networks

Cycle to Work scheme

Special offers on gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in leading teams within a retail or distribution environment.
• Proven ability to meet KPIs and improve operational efficiency.
• Strong decision-making and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team and ensure exceptional store standards.
• Report to the Area Manager and manage customer fulfilment operations.
• Empower colleagues to deliver business success and meet customer needs.

Skills

Leadership

Decision-making

Communication

Customer focus

Job description

Salary: From £38,700
Location: Chelmsford Chelmer Village Argos, Chelmsford, CM2 6XE
Contract type: Secondment
Business area: Argos Retail
Closing date: 01 July 2025
Requisition ID: 400002126

Every time somebody buys a product from us — whether it’s to be dropped to their door, clicked and collected, or even picked up from a convenient Sainsbury’s store — that item will have begun its journey at one of our Hubs. Each one is a major distribution operation, and one of them is set to be the latest and possibly greatest challenge in your management career to date.

What you’ll do

You will lead and create a high-performing team, spreading our customer-centric culture in your every word and action across the hub and spoke community. Equipped with a clear vision, growth mindset and excellent leadership skills, you’ll inspire, motivate and empower your colleagues to realise their potential and deliver business success in an ever evolving multi-channel retail environment.

Reporting to the Area Manager, you will have total accountability for a significant store and customer fulfilment operation, delivering on all KPIs. As importantly, you’ll ensure of exceptional store standards and delivery of process, so that we meet our complete customer offer from in-store to home.

Who you are

Positive about change and the opportunities it offers, you lead and support others and put customers firmly at the top of the agenda. You’ll know how to create a vision along with your team and inspire them to deliver it. In addition, you’ll recognize the strengths and skill gaps in yourself and those around you, and look to address them.

Your decision-making, communication and listening skills will all be key, and you’ll be adept at nurturing an environment where understanding of the customer experience should be reflected in what we do — customer first, process second.

Lastly, you’ll know what needs to be achieved and how to put in place the right plan and resources to do it.

How you’ll progress

There’s a host of routes to choose from. Prove yourself in this role, and we’ll really encourage you to develop. Whether you choose to stay with Argos and perhaps step into a Store and then Regional Manager role or move across and develop in one of our Sainsbury’s stores or regions, you’ll have every opportunity to take your career where you want it to go.

What we’ll give you

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 and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
  
  
• 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% 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.