Lead Manager Nights - Aylesford Lunsford Park Extra

Tesco; Aylesford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Aylesford is seeking a passionate individual for a managerial role, guiding a team to provide outstanding service. This position requires leadership skills and a customer-centric approach to drive sales and operational success. You will be a role model for your team, promoting best practices in an inclusive environment. Enjoy competitive benefits including flexible working, holidays, and a discount scheme.

Benefits

Holiday starting at 20 days plus personal day

10% off with Colleague Clubcard

Access to wellbeing services

Life cover of five times your pay

Uniform provided

Qualifications

• Passion for retail with a people-centric approach.
• Ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide a management team to deliver quality service.
• Maximise sales and operational effectiveness.
• Support team growth and community engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Building

Customer Service

Job description

Overview

Tesco UK • Larkfield, Aylesford • Permanent • Apply by 29-Sep-2025

Availability Window
Days From time To time Sun 22:00:00 07:00:00 Mon 22:00:00 07:00:00 Tue 22:00:00 07:00:00 Wed 22:00:00 07:00:00 Thu 22:00:00 07:00:00 Fri 22:00:00 07:00:00 Sat 22:00:00 07:00:00

Shift Pattern: Varies from day to day but are planned in advance

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver age. To find out the school leaver age for your country please note the government guidance for leaving school.

Start details — If you are successful, your offer will be conditional upon providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

What is in it for you

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends with the Colleague Clubcard (with an additional card to share with family)
• Access to free wellbeing services with resources to support mind, body and life
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you—choose from discounts, shares, or cycle to work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for life’s moments
• Access to colleague networks for diverse backgrounds
• Information about available benefits can be found by reading more about the options

You will be responsible for

Becoming a manager in a Tesco store involves guiding a management team and delivering the best possible service for colleagues and customers. You will be a lead manager, often the most senior colleague in the store, focused on ensuring quality service and operational effectiveness.

It is a chance to apply management skills, experience and instincts to improve ways of working and achieve excellent outcomes for customers.

You will be a role model, helping colleagues know and love our products and services, involving everyone in community projects, and growing your team by spotting talent and providing feedback and support.

We expect you to maximise sales, impact and presentation for your department while keeping everything safe, compliant and properly staffed.

This role is about leading from the front on the store floor with your colleagues and customers.

You will need

Do you have the attitude, aptitude and aspiration to be a great retail manager? This is a role for those who love retail, and most importantly, who put people at the heart of everything you do. You will be:

• Talking to colleagues to share and encourage new ideas and best practice
• Being warm and welcoming, taking time to recognise and listen to others
• Building a strong team spirit and a network of relationships that extends beyond the store

Leadership qualities

• Look ahead and seize opportunities
• Act quickly to do what’s right for colleagues and customers
• Thrive on change and lead people through it together
• Know how to be at your best and exceed expectations

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether at home or on the move. Our core purpose is "Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day". Serving means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders and the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Tesco means everyone feels represented and can be themselves at work. We are a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We welcome chats about flexible working and understand life looks different for each of us. Talk to us about how we can support during your application.

Accessibility and recruitment — We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process. For information on accessibility support, please request it during the application process.

Please note

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leaver age for your country please review government guidance.

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines and spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

In periods of high application volumes, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date. We will offer feedback to candidates who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com